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Malcolm Ogilvie

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Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Author

Name
  
Malcolm Ogilvie


Website
  
www.indaal.demon.co.uk

Known for
  
Study of wildfowl

Residence
  
Islay, United Kingdom

Occupation
  
Ornithologist Natural history author

Books
  
Grebes of the world, Ducks of Britain and Europe

Dr Malcolm Alexander Ogilvie is a British ornithologist and freelance natural history author and consultant. One of his areas of expertise is wildfowl.

Contents

Ogilvie was a research scientist with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust 1960-1986, also editing their journal, Wildfowl, 1966-1986. Until 1997 he was a member of the British Birds editorial board and a member of the editorial board of the handbook The Birds of the Western Palearctic. He has been a fully qualified bird ringer since 1958. He is a past regional representative for the British Trust for Ornithology, and the vice-county plant recorder for South Ebudes for the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.

Ogilvie has been resident on the island of Islay since 1986. He is married to Carol and has two daughters, Isla and Heather.

Qualifications

  • Member of the Society of Biology and a Chartered Biologist (MIBiol, CBiol) (1977)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bristol University (1983)

    • Positions

    Ogilvie's positions have included:

  • Member, Gloucestershire Ornithological Advisory Committee, 1963–1986
  • Member, Ringing Committee, British Trust for Ornithology, 1970–1985
  • Member, West Areas Board, Scottish Natural Heritage, February 1991 - March 2001 (Deputy Chairman, August 1997 - March 2001)
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Scottish Natural Heritage, April 1994 - March 2001, and April 2005 - March 2010
  • Chairman, Editorial Committee, Scottish Ornithologists' Club, 1997–2002
  • Member, Committee for Scotland, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 1999–2004
  • Regional Representative for Islay, Jura & Colonsay, British Trust for Ornithology, 1989–2006
  • Member, Argyll Bird Records Panel, since 1990
  • Organiser, Wetland Bird Survey (formerly National Wildfowl Counts), Argyll, 1991–2006
  • Member, Argyll Raptor Study Group, since 1993
  • Secretary, Rare Breeding Birds Panel, 1993–2006
  • Rare Breeding Birds Panel representative on Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, 2002–2006
  • Recorder, vice-county 102 (S Ebudes), Botanical Society of the British Isles, since 2004

    • References

    Malcolm Ogilvie Wikipedia
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