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Dick Balharry
Richard Balharry (3 September 1937 – 22 April 2015) was a Scottish Conservation movement, conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer. Early life Balharry was born and brought up in Muirhead, near Dundee. In 1954, after a year of technical college and an hour in a factory in Dundee, he landed a job as kennel boy and under keeper on an estate near Tighnabruaich, Argyll. In 1956, he went to work under Archie McDonald, the head stalker of Glen Lyon, and 1959 to the Red Deer Commission. Career In November 1952, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve was declared and Jimmy Polson, an experienced deer stalker, was appointed as keeper. In May 1962, he was appointed warden where he was responsible for over 10,000 mountainous acres and Caledonian Pinewood. In May 1964, Balharry found a Common greenshank, greenshank nest with a five eggs, a rare find, but was unaware at the time of the significance of his discovery. In January 1977, at the 29th Annual Conference of the Scottish O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Balharry, Linn Of Dee, 2013
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