David Norman (ornithologist)
| Professor David Norman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Chartered Physicist, academic |
| Known for | Ornithology |
| Website |
davidnorman |
Professor David Norman (born 1949[1]) is a British Chartered Physicist[2] and ornithologist, he has lived in Cheshire since 1978.[3]
Physics
Professor Norman is a former Director of Synchrotron Radiation, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, Daresbury Laboratory.[2] He was a visiting Professor in Surface Science at the University of Liverpool.[2]
Ornithology
Since 2005[4] he has been an independent member of the United Kingdom's Rare Breeding Birds Panel[5] and he is a member of the RSPB Council,[5] and Chairman of the Merseyside Ringing Group. He is an honorary research associate of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History,[5] spending up to a month each year at their Powdermill Nature Reserve.[3]
He served on the council of English Nature from 1996-2002 (and in September 2000 became interim acting chairman for six months).[2][3] He has been chairman of the Cheshire Wildlife Trust[3] and a member of the Editorial Board for Ornithology's journal Ringing & Migration.[2] He was the founder chairman of the Mersey Estuary Conservation Group[2] and Research Committee of the Liverpool Bay Wader Study Group.[2]
In 2002 he was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology's Bernard Tucker Medal "for his outstanding scientific contributions in surveying, nest-recording and ringing birds".[6]
Bibliography
- Norman, David; Norman Arlott (1994). The Fieldfare. London :: Hamlyn,. pp. 127p. ISBN 0-600-57961-1.
- BTO Migration Atlas (texts on common tern, wood warbler and common chaffinch)[3]
- Birds in Cheshire and Wirral, Liverpool University Press, 2008 ISBN 978-1-84631-152-9
- On behalf of the Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society
- Norman, David (July 2005). Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press,. pp. 192p. ISBN 9780192804198.
Papers
- Various, on waders on the Mersey Estuary, fieldfares, common terns, little terns, wood warblers, common firecrests and bramblings
References
- ↑ "COPAC entry for The Fieldfare". Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "English Nature announce acting Chairman". English Nature. 2000-09-28. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Current Panel Members". Rare Breeding Birds Panel. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ↑ Holling, Mark; The Rare Breeding Birds Panel (June 2007). "Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 2003 and 2004" (PDF). British Birds. 100 (6): 321–367. ISSN 0007-0335.
- 1 2 3 "RSPB Council". RSPB. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ↑ "Medallists". BTO. 2006-06-02. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
External links
- David Norman's website
- Cheshire and Wirral Bird Atlas website by David Norman
- Stars including Mark Radcliffe come out for Runcorn bird expert’s book - includes picture of Norman.