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John Leonard Frederick Parslow (1935–2015) was an English ornithologist and author.
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| Born | John Leonard Frederick Parslow 10 July 1935 London, England |
| Died | 23 October 2015 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | English |
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Parslow was born on 10 July 1935 in London, and, after wartime evacuation to Cornwall, was educated at Chingford Grammar School.[1] He undertook National Service at RAF Bawdsey, as a radar operator, from which he was demobbed in 1952.[1]
After work in the Bird Room of the British Museum, he joined the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology in 1959, as assistant to David Lack.[1] he moved to the Nature Conservancy Council's Monks Wood Experimental Station in 1967 to work as an information scientist, investigating the effects of pesticides on the food chain of birds.[1] He was the RSPB's Director of Conservation and Reserves from 1975 to 1987.[1]
Parslow did pioneering work on the detection of bird migration using radar.[2][3] He was also involved in the creation of a bird observatory at St. Agnes on the Isles of Scilly, which operated from 1957 to 1967.[1]
Parslow was the author of several books, a number of papers on bird migration, and a series of articles for British Birds.[1]
He died at home on 23 October 2015,[1][4] and was buried at the Arbory Trust Woodland Burial Ground in Barton, Cambridgeshire.[4] He was married twice, to Rosemary, with whom he had a son and two daughters, and to Mariko, who survived him.[1]
Bibliography edit
- Parslow, John (1973). Breeding Birds of Britain and Ireland: Historical Survey (1st ed.). Berkhampsted: T & A D Poyser Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85661-001-1.
- Thorburn's Birds - Revised By John Parslow. James Fisher (ed.). Book Club Associates. 1976.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Heinzel, Hermann; Fitter, R. S. R.; Parslow, John (1979). The Birds of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East (4th Revised ed.). London: Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-219234-7.
- Bird Watchers' Britain: The Unique Pocket Guide to Bird Watching Walks. John Parslow (ed.). Pan Books. 1983. ISBN 978-0-330-28028-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Parslow, John (2010). Breeding Birds of Britain and Ireland. Berkhampsted England: Poyser. ISBN 978-1-4081-3707-9.
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Thomas, Gareth (October 2016). "John Leonard Frederick Parslow (1935–2015)". British Birds. 109 (10): 635–636.
- ^ Riddiford, Nick (1985). "Grounded migrants versus radar: a case-study". Bird Study. 32 (2): 116–121. doi:10.1080/00063658509476866. ISSN 0006-3657.
- ^ Parslow, J.L.F. (1969). "The migration of passerine night migrants across the English Channel Studied by radar". Ibis. 111: 48–79. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1969.tb01604.x.
- ^ a b Reynolds, Peter (December 2015). "John Leonard Frederick Parslow 1935 – 2015" (PDF). Kingston Parish & Church Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.