| 词条 | Bob Scott (ornithologist) |
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|image = | image_size = | name = Bob Scott | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1938|5|11}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|3|26|1938|5|11}} | birth_place = Carshalton, Surrey, England | death_place = Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England | education = | spouse = Ann | children = | parents = | occupation = Ornithologist and RSPB staff member }} Robert Ernest 'Bob' Scott (11 May 1938 – 26 March 2009) was a British ornithologist and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) staff member. He worked for the RSPB for close to 40 years, beginning as a warden and eventually becoming head of Reserves Management.[1] He is credited with discovering numerous new British birds, four before his 32nd birthday.[2] He retired from the RSPB in 1997[3] but continued to work in conservation in Britain and other countries, notably in Bulgaria where he had previously been awarded a medal from the government.[1][3] He died of cancer in 2009. Early life and DungenessAs a child, Scott was evacuated to a farm in Wiltshire,[2] returning after the war to Carshalton. He attended Sutton County Grammar School, regularly visiting a sewage works in Beddington, a local birdwatching spot.[2] Later, he would regularly cycle to Dungeness, Kent, a round trip of over 100 miles, to watch birds, falling under the influence of Bert Axell who founded Dungeness RSPB reserve in 1952.[2] As he grew older he began to go further afield and in 1958 he was amongst the first people to spot the American northern waterthrush in St Agnes, on the Isles of Scilly.[1] The RSPBIn 1960, following Axell's move to a different post, Scott was employed as Warden for both the bird observatory and the reserve at Dungeness.[1] He began to gain greater notability through his work in Dungeness and also through finding three more new visiting birds to Britain. In 1960 he found the dark-eyed junco, a bird normally found in North America, and in 1968 he spotted the short-toed treecreeper, normally found in continental Europe. Both these finds were at the Dungeness reserve.[1][2] He also, unknowingly, spotted the first Hume's leaf warbler in 1966, at Beachy Head, Kent. At the time it was believed to be a variant of the yellow-browed warbler, but was reclassified in 2002[4] and the recording of it by Scott was declared the first official one.[2] In 1975, Scott moved to a new position as Warden at Northward Hill RSPB reserve. He worked there for four years and during that time began running training courses for bird ringers in Rwanda, Burundi and Ghana.[1][3] In 1979, Scott again moved, this time to the RSPB headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire. Initially he was employed as Reserves Manager (England), moving to Senior Reserves Manager and then into Head of Reserves Management, which he held until his retirement in 1997.[3] Work abroadScott often visited foreign countries, regularly leading these trips.[1][3] He was able to add numerous first sightings during these trips while contributing to the education of the local people in basic conservation. It was during one of these trips that he was awarded a medal by the Bulgarian government, for the work he had done.[3] British Birds journalIn 2000, Scott joined with other leading ornithologists to save the ailing British Birds journal. He had been a contributor to the journal for numerous years, having his first piece published in the 1950s. He was a director and member of the charitable trust that owned the journal until his death.[3] Bibliography
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/apr/11/obituary-bob-scott | title=Bob Scott - Ornithologist and conservationist who helped spread the joys of birdwatching | last=Moss | first=Stephen | date=11 April 2009 | work=The Guardian | accessdate=11 April 2009 | location=London}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Bob}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6040502.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1 | title=Bob Scott: ornithologist | date=11 April 2009 | work=The Times | accessdate=11 April 2009 | location=London }} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6040502.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2 | title=Bob Scott: ornithologist | date=11 April 2009 | work=The Times | accessdate=11 April 2009 | location=London }} 4. ^Ibis Volume 144 Issue 1 pp 153-159 9 : 1938 births|2009 deaths|People educated at Sutton Grammar School|Deaths from cancer in England|English ornithologists|English conservationists|Royal Society for the Protection of Birds people|People from Sutton, London|Scientists from London |
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