Malcolm Ogilvie

Activities and interests

Contents

Personal details and interests

Bibliography

Bird watching on Islay for details of the best birding sites on the island

Islay Natural History Trust for details of Islay's wildlife and geology

Museum of Islay Life with photographs of items from the collection

Rare Breeding Birds Panel - its work and list of species

Publications for sale - Birds of Islay, Wild Flowers of Islay, and two Islay cookery books

Personal details and interests

This is modified from my entry in the book 'Who's Who in Ornithology'
edited by John E. Pemberton and published in 1997 by the Buckingham Press.

• Dr Malcolm Alexander Ogilvie
• Glencairn, Bruichladdich, Isle of Islay, PA49 7UN
• Phone: 01496-850218. Fax: 0870-164-1397
• e-mail: MAOgilvie@indaal.demon.co.uk
• Married: Carol, with two daughters, Isla and Heather
• Qualifications:
  - Member of the Institute of Biology and Chartered Biologist (MIBiol, CBiol) 1977
  - Doctor of Philosophy, Bristol University (PhD) 1983
• Current employment:
  - Freelance natural history writer and editor
  - Ornithological and botanical surveyor
• Past employment: Research Officer, The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, 1960-1986
• Related positions:
  - Member, Gloucestershire Ornithological Advisory Committee, 1963-1986
  - Member, Ringing Committee, British Trust for Ornithology, 1970-1985
  - Regional Representative for Islay, Jura & Colonsay, British Trust for Ornithology, 1989-2006
  - Member, Argyll Bird Records Panel, since 1990
  - Organiser, Wetland Bird Survey (formerly National Wildfowl Counts), Argyll, 1991-2006
  - Member, West Areas Board, Scottish Natural Heritage, Feb 1991 - Mar 2001 (Deputy Chairman, Aug 1997 - Mar 2001)
  - Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Scottish Natural Heritage, Apr 1994 - Mar 2001, and April 2005 -
  - Member, Argyll Raptor Study Group, since 1993
  - Secretary, Rare Breeding Birds Panel, 1993-2006
  - Chairman, Editorial Committee, Scottish Ornithologists' Club, 1997-2002
  - Member, Committee for Scotland, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 1999-2004
  - Rare Breeding Birds Panel representative on Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, 2002-2006
  - Recorder, v.c.102, Botanical Society of the British Isles, since 2004
• Principal ornithological interests:
  - wildfowl, especially numbers, distribution and migration of geese, also impact on agriculture
  - the wildlife of Islay, especially birds of prey and owls, seabirds, mammals, wild flowers
  - bird ringing ('A' permit holder since 1958)
• Related activities: expeditions to East Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard, studying and ringing geese

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