David Norman (ornithologist)
Professor David Norman | |
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| Born | 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Chartered Physicist, academic |
| Known for | Ornithology |
| Website | davidnorman |
Professor David Norman (born 1949) is a British Chartered Physicist[1] and ornithologist, he has lived in Cheshire since 1978.[2]
Physics[]
Professor Norman is a former Director of Synchrotron Radiation, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, Daresbury Laboratory.[1] He was a visiting Professor in Surface Science at the University of Liverpool.[1]
Ornithology[]
Since 2005[3] he has been an independent member of the United Kingdom's Rare Breeding Birds Panel[4] and he is a member of the RSPB Council,[4] and Chairman of the Merseyside Ringing Group. He is an honorary research associate of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History,[4] spending up to a month each year at their .[2]
He served on the council of English Nature from 1996 to 2002 (and in September 2000 became interim acting chairman for six months).[1][2] He has been chairman of the Cheshire Wildlife Trust[2] and a member of the Editorial Board for Ornithology's journal Ringing & Migration.[1] He was the founder chairman of the Mersey Estuary Conservation Group[1] and Research Committee of the Liverpool Bay Wader Study Group.[1]
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".[5]
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)[2]
- Birds in Cheshire and Wirral, Liverpool University Press, 2008 ISBN 978-1-84631-152-9
- On behalf of the
- 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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "English Nature announce acting Chairman". English Nature. 2000-09-28. Archived from the original on 2007-07-22. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "RSPB Council". RSPB. Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. 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.
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