Jim Flegg OBE was a British horticulturalist, broadcaster, ornithologist and writer on bird-related matters.
Flegg was a zoology graduate of Imperial College London and spent much of his subsequent professional career working in horticulture at the East Malling Research Station.[1]
He has also had a lifelong interest in ornithology, having joined the Rochester and District Natural History Society as a junior member. As an ornithologist, he has become well-known, having become president of Kent Ornithological Society in 1977, and is a former Director of the British Trust for Ornithology. He was a national household name because of his role as a presenter on the Coastal Ways and Country Ways television programmes.[2]
He was a bird ringer and has ringed over 30,000 birds.[citation needed]
Among the books Flegg has authored are the Photographic Field Guide: Birds of Australia, and a number of books designed to interest children in living things from an early age.
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References
- ^ National Fruit Show Judges – Dr Jim Flegg, accessed 20-03-14
- ^ "RECORDS OF THE ROCHESTER AND DISTRICT NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 1879 – 2002". Retrieved 6 August 2008.
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