Ian Wallace (ornithologist)
| D. Ian M. Wallace | |
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| Born |
Before 1935 Staffordshire |
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| Known for | Concise edition (BWPC) of The Birds of the Western Palearctic |
D. Ian M. Wallace (known as Ian Wallace or D.I.M. Wallace,[1][2][3] or by his initials DIMW; born before 1935[4]) is a British birder, author and artist. He lives in Staffordshire.
D.I.M. Wallace was the second chairman of the British Birds Rarities Committee[5] and was a contributing author to The Birds of the Western Palearctic.
In 1963, Wallace was among a party of birders,[6] led by Guy Mountfort[7] and including Julian Huxley,[7] George Shannon[6] and, James Ferguson-Lees,[6] which made the first ornithological expedition to Azraq in Jordan.[6] The expedition's recommendations eventually led to the creation of the Azraq Wetland Reserve and other protected areas.[8] Papers from the expedition are in the United Kingdom's National Archives.[9] He identified at least four species previously unknown in Nigeria.[10]
He is the Honorary Life President of Flamborough Ornithological Group since 2000), and of Flamborough Bird Observatory.[11]
Wallace has appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's Saving Species, discussing his October 1960 observations of the visible migration of birds over London, on their 50th anniversary.[12]
He has been described as "one of the very top ornithologists in the UK",[13] "one of the great names of British bird-watching",[14] by the BBC as "a pioneer of ornithology [in the United Kingdom]",[12] and by Mark Cocker as both "one of the godfathers of modern birding"[4] and "the grand old man of birds".[15]
Bibliography
- Discover Birds, Deutsch (1979), ISBN 0-233-97100-9
- Birdwatching In The Seventies, Macmillan (1981), ISBN 0-333-30026-2
- Watching birds (illustrated by Alan Harris, Ian Jackson), Usborne (1982), ISBN 0-86020-655-6
- Birds of Prey of Britain and Europe (paintings by Ian Willis), Oxford University Press (1983). ISBN 0-19-217729-X
- Beguiled by Birds, Christopher Helm (2004), ISBN 0-7136-6535-1 (publishers' page)
Contributions
- A field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe by Roger Peterson, Guy Mountfort, P.A.D. Hollom. Collins, 1965
- new edition of 1954 work; revised and enlarged in collaboration with I.J. Ferguson-Lees and Wallace
- 1971 impression: ISBN 0-00-212020-8
- 2004 edition: ISBN 978-0-00-719234-2
Significant articles
- Snipe and Grouse: English Bird Names in Birding World, Vol. 6 No. 4 pp. 164–5 ISSN 0969-6024
References
- ↑ "The Top 100 iPad Apps: Birds of Britain and Ireland (Pro Edition)". 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Wallace, D.I.M. (1998-10-31). "Musselburgh - Ian Wallace reminiscences 1947-51". Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Beguiled by Birds - Ian Wallace on British Birdwatching". WildSounds. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- 1 2 Cocker, Mark (2004-09-18). "Review: A Bird in the Bush and Beguiled by Birds". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Dean, Alan R. (2007) The British Birds Rarities Committee: a review of its history, publications and procedures British Birds 100(3): 149–176
- 1 2 3 4 "Slimbridge gathering for veterans of British birding". British Birds. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- 1 2 Dronamraju, Krishna R. (1993). If I Am to be Remembered: The Life and Work of Julian Huxley with Selected Correspondence. World Scientific. ISBN 9789810211424.
- ↑ "Protected Areas". Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature. Jordan. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Access to Archives, ref EMN/Box 5". National Archives. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Bulletin of the Nigerian Ornithological Society, Volume 6, 1969". West African Ornithological Society. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Honorary Life President:". Flamborough Bird Observatory. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- 1 2 "Saving Species, Series 1, Episode 25". BBC Online. BBC. 2010-10-21. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Wilson, Colin (2005-07-29). ""Bird-watching before Birding" by Ian Wallace". Berkshire Ornithological Club. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ ""Bird-watching before Birding" by Ian Wallace". 2005-08-03. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Cocker, Mark (2011-02-08). "Grumpy old men?". Birdwatch. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
External links
- Some reminiscences of Musselburgh, 1947-51 - article by Wallace, about his schoolday birding
- Guardian review of Beguiled...
- Slimbridge gathering for veterans of British birding (includes 2012 photograph of Wallace)
- Wallace officially opens new Heligoland Trap in Buckton, East Yorkshire, 19 May 2012 (video)