Steve Madge
Encyclopedia
Steve Madge is a birder, author, and bird tour leader, based in Cornwall
, England
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He is a former member of the British Birds Rarities Committee
. He is president of the Cornwall Birdwatching and Preservation Society.
He has written three volumes in the Helm Identification Guides
series - on Wildfowl, Crows and Jays and Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse, and is co-author with Mark Beaman of The Handbook of Bird Identification.
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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He is a former member of the British Birds Rarities Committee
British Birds Rarities Committee
The British Birds Rarities Committee , 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 recordings submitted by observers...
. He is president of the Cornwall Birdwatching and Preservation Society.
He has written three volumes in the Helm Identification Guides
Helm Identification Guides
The Helm Identification Guides are a series of books that identify groups of birds. The series include two types of guides, those that are:* Taxonomic, dealing with a particular family of birds on a worldwide scale—most early Helm Guides were this type, as well as many more-recent ones,...
series - on Wildfowl, Crows and Jays and Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse, and is co-author with Mark Beaman of The Handbook of Bird Identification.