Rob Hume
Robert 'Rob' Hume is an English
Hume did his early birdwatching at Chasewater, Staffordshire, and was a member of the West Midland Bird Club. He spent several years studying at Swansea University, during which time he birdwatched regularly at Blackpill and on the Gower Peninsula.
He is a past member (and the fifth chairman) of the British Birds Rarities Committee; and a past member of the editorial board of British Birds magazine,[1] but resigned both posts in 1997. His autobiography, Life With Birds, was published in September 2005.
His drawings of birds often appeared in West Midland Bird Club reports and a number of books and journals.[2]
He has led wildlife holidays in various European countries, Israel and Africa and has birdwatched widely in Europe, in India and Sri Lanka, Australia, the Caribbean and North America.
Bibliography
{{'Europe's Birds: an identification guide (Princeton UP/WildGuides}
- Britain's Birds: an identification guide to the birds of Britain and Ireland (Princeton up/WildGuides), 2016 (ISBN 978-0-691-15889-1)
- British Birds A Pocket Guide (Princeton UP/WildGuides), 2019 (ISBN 978-0691181677)
- RSPB What's That Bird? (RSPB/Dorling Kindersley), 2012 (ISBN 9781405393508)
- The Observer's Book of Birds (Penguin), 1987 (ISBN 978-0723216858)
- An Afternoon Out, 2019 (ISBN 978-1076830678)
- The Adventures of Riggle Tiggle Spider, 2019 (ISBN 978-1081284558)
- Father Christmas, the early years, 2019 (ISBN 978-1079649468)
- A Birdwatcher's Miscellany, ISBN 0-7137-1385-2
- A Year of Bird Life, RSPB, 1985 ISBN 0-903138-19-0
- Birds of Britain, ISBN 0-7513-1234-7
- Birds by Character – Britain & Europe: A Fieldguide to Jizz, ISBN 0-333-49053-3
- Owls of the World ISBN 1-85585-352-3
- Focus on Birdwatching ISBN 0-600-57366-4
- Discovering Birds, ISBN 0-903138-53-0
- The Common Tern, ISBN 0-540-01266-1
- Seabirds (Hamlyn Bird Behaviour Guides) Hamlyn, 1993 (with illustrations by Bruce Pearson) ISBN 0-600-57951-4
- Collins Gem Photoguide Birdwatching, ISBN 0-00-470756-7
- The Shell Easy Bird Guide, (illustrated by ISBN 0-333-65420-X
- 2002 edition ISBN 0-333-65420-X
- 2002 edition
- ISBN 0-85661-091-7(contributor)
- Birds: An Artist's View, ISBN 978-0-7624-0376-9
- Macmillan Bird Guide, Macmillan, 1998 ISBN 0-333-76669-5
- RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe, ISBN 1-4053-0753-6
- RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe, Dorling Kindersley, 2002, ISBN 0-7513-7354-0
- RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe (revised and updated), Dorling Kindersley, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4053-2228-7(includes CD of birdsong)
- RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe (revised and updated), Dorling Kindersley, 2007,
- RSPB Birdwatching, Dorling Kindersley, 2003, ISBN 978-1-4053-1352-0
- English Birds and Green Places: Selected Writings: A Selection from the Writings of W.H. Hudson (Introduction), ISBN 0-575-07207-5
- Rob Hume, Guilhem Lesaffre and Marc Duquet, 2004, Oiseaux de France et d'Europe, Larousse ISBN 2-03-560311-0(in French)
- Life With Birds (autobiography), ISBN 0-7153-2181-1
References
- ^ A history of British Birds, Malcolm Ogilvie, James Ferguson-Lees and Richard Chandler, British Birds 100 (2007) 3–15
- ^ "West Midland Bird Club Bulletins". West Midland Bird Club. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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External links
- "Unpublished extract from draft of Life with Birds". West Midland Bird Club. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012.
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