Nicholas Hammond (ornithologist)

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Nicholas Hammond
Hammond in November 2013, wearing a Wildlife Trust lapel badge
NationalityEnglish
Other namesNick
Occupation(s)Ornithologist and author
Known forformer director of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

Nicholas Hammond is an English ornithologist and author, and a former director of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1] He was editor of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' Birds magazine, and later its director of communications. He has written a number of books on, and speaks about, wildlife art.[2]

RSPB

Hammond undertook three stints as editor of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) magazine Birds, from volume 1 number 7 – vol. 5 no. 5 (November/December 1966—September/October 1974); vol. 6 no. 6 – vol. 6 no. 9 (Spring-Winter 1977) and vol. 10 no. 3 – vol. 11 no. 1 (Autumn 1984-Spring 1986).[3] He also served as the charity's director of communications.[4]

Works

  • The Wildlife Trusts Guide to Birds. .
  • Birds of Britain and Europe. .
  • Twentieth century wildlife artists. Woodstock, N.Y., USA: Overlook Press. 1986. .
  • Birds Of Prey (Bird Behaviour Guide). .
  • Waders (Bird Behaviour Guide). Hamlyn. 1994. .
  • Wildlife Art Gallery; Artists for Nature Foundation (1995). Artists for Nature in Extremadura. Wildlife Art Gallery. .
  • Modern wildlife painting. Pica Press. 1998. .
  • How to Identify Birds. Collins. 2006. .

References

  1. ^ "In Search of a Tiger". The Wildlife Trusts. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Lichfield & District Local Group - Events". The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  3. ^ Credited in each issue
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