Professor David Norman | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Chartered Physicist, academic |
| Known for | Ornithology |
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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 Powdermill Nature Reserve. [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 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
- ^ a b c d e f g "English Nature announce acting Chairman". English Nature. 28 September 2000. Archived from the original on 22 July 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Current Panel Members". Rare Breeding Birds Panel. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "RSPB Council". RSPB. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- ^ "Medallists". BTO. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
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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