British ornithologist (1933–2021)
D. Ian M. Wallace
Born Donald Ian Mackenzie Wallace
(1933-12-14 ) 14 December 1933Died 4 November 2021(2021-11-04) (aged 87) Other names
Ian Wallace
D.I.M. Wallace
DIMW
Known for Concise edition (BWPC) of
The Birds of the Western Palearctic
Donald Ian Mackenzie Wallace (14 December 1933 – 4 November 2021), known as Ian Wallace , D.I.M. Wallace ,
[1]
[2]
[3] or by his initials DIMW ,
[4] was a British
birder , author and artist.
Early life
Wallace was born on 14 December 1933 in Norfolk, England, to Scottish parents. He was educated at
Loretto School , near Edinburgh.
[5] Early in the 1950s, he undertook
National Service with the
King's African Rifles in Kenya.
[5]
Career
Wallace was the second chairman of the
British Birds Rarities Committee
[6] and was a contributing author to
The Birds of the Western Palearctic .
In 1963, Wallace was among a party of birders,
[7] led by
Guy Mountfort
[8] and including
Julian Huxley ,
[8]
George Shannon
[7] and,
James Ferguson-Lees ,
[7] that made the first ornithological expedition to
Azraq in Jordan.
[7] The expedition's recommendations eventually led to the creation of the
Azraq Wetland Reserve and other protected areas.
[9] Papers from the expedition are in the United Kingdom's
National Archives .
[10] He identified at least four species previously unknown in Nigeria.
[11]
He was the Honorary Life President of Flamborough Ornithological Group (since 2000), and of
Flamborough Bird Observatory .
[12]
Wallace 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.
[13]
He was described as "one of the very top ornithologists in the UK",
[14] "one of the great names of British bird-watching",
[15] by the
BBC as "a pioneer of ornithology [in the United Kingdom]",
[13] and by
Mark Cocker as both "one of the godfathers of modern birding"
[4] and "the grand old man of birds".
[16]
Wallace lived in
Staffordshire . He died on 4 November 2021, at the age of 87.
[17]
[18]
[5] A five-page obituary was published in
British Birds .
[19]
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
As illustrator
Wood, J. Duncan (2003). Horace Alexander: 1889 to 1989: Birds and Binoculars . York: William Sessions Limited.
ISBN
1-85072-289-7 .
Significant articles
References
^
"The Top 100 iPad Apps: Birds of Britain and Ireland (Pro Edition)" . 2010. Archived from
the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^ Wallace, D.I.M. (31 October 1998).
"Musselburgh - Ian Wallace reminiscences 1947-51" . Archived from
the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^
"Beguiled by Birds - Ian Wallace on British Birdwatching" . WildSounds. Archived from
the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^
a
b
Cocker, Mark (18 September 2004).
"Review: A Bird in the Bush and Beguiled by Birds" .
The Guardian . Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^
a
b
c
"Ian Wallace, ornithologist and illustrator who with his books and articles won the affection of birdwatchers of all ages – obituary" . The Telegraph . 12 November 2021. (subscription required)
^
Dean, Alan R. (2007). "The British Birds Rarities Committee: a review of its history, publications and procedures". British Birds . 100 (3): 149–176.
^
a
b
c
d
"Slimbridge gathering for veterans of British birding" .
British Birds . 19 April 2012. Archived from
the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^
a
b 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 . Archived from
the original on 30 July 2013. 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 . Archived from
the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^
a
b
"Saving Species, Series 1, Episode 25" .
BBC Online .
BBC . 21 October 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^ Wilson, Colin (29 July 2005).
" "Bird-watching before Birding" by Ian Wallace" . Berkshire Ornithological Club. Archived from
the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^
" "Bird-watching before Birding" by Ian Wallace" . 3 August 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^ Cocker, Mark (8 February 2011).
"Grumpy old men?" .
Birdwatch . Archived from
the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^ Avery, Mark.
"DIM Wallace, 1933–2021" . Retrieved 8 November 2021 .
^
Ian ‘DIM’ Wallace, 1933–2021
^ McGeehan, Anthony (April 2022). "Obituaries: Ian (D. I. M.) Wallace". British Birds . 115 (4): 225–229.
External links
International National Other