Alan R. Dean is a British

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

with a special interest in

gull Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns and skimmers and only distantly related to auks, and even more distantly to waders. Until the 21st century, m ...

s and

warbler Various Passeriformes (perching birds) are commonly referred to as warblers. They are not necessarily closely related to one another, but share some characteristics, such as being fairly small, vocal, and insectivorous. Sylvioid warblers Th ...

s. He lives in

Solihull Solihull (, or ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in West Midlands County, England. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe i ...

West Midlands West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

. He is a member of the

West Midland Bird Club The West Midland Bird Club is the UK's largest regional ornithological society. It has been serving birdwatchers and ornithologists in the four English counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and (since its separation from the afo ...

and was an assistant editor of its Annual Reports for 1975–1980. He was a member of the

British Birds Rarities Committee The British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC), established in 1959, is the national bird rarities committee for Britain. It assesses claimed sightings of bird species that are rarely seen in Britain, based on descriptions, photographs and video re ...

from 1984–1992 and in 2007 published a comprehensive account of the committee's history and publications. He has published a number of identification papers in '' British Birds''. His papers and articles on

Siberian chiffchaff Siberian chiffchaff (''Phylloscopus collybita tristis'') is a leaf-warbler which is usually considered a subspecies of the common chiffchaff, but may be a species in its own right. Range Siberian chiffchaff breeds in Siberia east of the Pechor ...

have been of particular note. In 2010, the West Midland Bird Club conferred on him life membership, in recognition of his contribution to ornithology.

Bibliography

Books

*''The Birds of the West Midlands'' By Graham R. Harrison, Alan R. Dean, Alan J. Richards and David Smallshire, West Midland Bird Club (1982)

Articles

*Glaucous and Iceland Gulls in the west Midlands. '' British Birds'' 69:179 (1976) () * White-tailed Plover: new to Britain and Ireland. A. R. Dean, J. E. Fortey and E. G. Phillips. ''British Birds'' 70:465–471 (1977) () * Field characters of Isabelline and Brown Shrikes. ''British Birds'' 75:395-406 (1982) * British status and identification of Greenish Warbler. ''British Birds'' 78:437-451, (1985) * Seasonality of Herring Gulls in the west Midlands. ''British Birds'' 80: 632, (1987) () * Wintering Glaucous, Iceland and Herring Gulls in the Midlands. '' Birdwatch'' (2002) () * Siberian Chiffchaff revisited. A.R. Dean and Lars Svensson. ''British Birds'' 98:396-410 (2005) * The British Birds Rarities Committee: a review of its history, publications and procedures. ''British Birds'' 100:149-176 (2007) * Enigmatic grey-and-white Common Chiffchaffs. ''British Birds'' 100:497-499 (2007) * Colour nomenclature and Siberian Chiffchaff. ''British Birds'' 101:146-149 (2008) * The status in Britain of 'Siberian Chiffchaff'. Alan Dean, Colin Bradshaw, John Martin, Andy Stoddart and Grahame Walbridge. ''British Birds'' 103:320-338 (2010) * How many Siberian Chiffchaffs are reaching Britain? ''British Birds'' 106: 282-283 (2013)

References

External links

Official website
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