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Chris Mead, it has been said, was a big man, both in stature and personality. He was enthusiastic about the natural world, and about communicating this world to those around him. He was an avid lover of jazz, (watching) rugby, motor racing, local history and archaeology.
He married Verity (known as "V") in 1965; they had three daughters called Vanella, Harriet and Miranda.
Educated at Aldenham School , Hertfordshire, he read Mathematics at Peterhouse, Cambridge, but never finished his degree.
An acknowledged expert on bird migration, he worked for the BTO for more than 40 years, from 1961. For most of that time (33 1/3 years) he worked in the BTO's Ringing Unit. In his lifetime, he caught and ringed over 400,000 birds of some 350 species in 18 countries. He was head of Britain's National Ringing Scheme.
In 2002, Chris Mead calculated that a Manx Shearwater, first ringed as an adult in 1957 on Bardsey Island, WalesFor alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation Wales ( Welsh: Cymru pronounced /"k@mrI/ SAMPA, km IPA, 'Kumree' approximate pronunciation) is one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom (the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ir, and re-trapped in July 2002, had probably flown about 5 million miles (8 million km) over its lifespan. The same bird was caught on Bardsey again in July 2003 and May 2004, having outlived Mead.
To raise funds for the BTO's NightingaleThe Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, research, he devised a CDCD re-directs here; see Cd for other meanings of CD . A compact disc (or CD is an optical disc used for storing digital data. It was originally invented for digital audio and is also used as a data storage device, a CD-ROM. CD-ROM reading devices are a st of poetry, and Nightingale song (including several historic archive recordings) Nightingales: A Celebration with an accompanying book by Richard MabeyRichard Mabey is a naturalist and author. Since 1988, he has written a regular column for BBC Wildlife magazine. Mabey has also written on countryside and art issues for The Sunday Times, The Times, The Sunday Telegraph and the Countryman. A selction of t.
In 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja, ill health brought about his early, and supposed, "retirement", after which he became the Trust's media consultant, regularly being intervewed on radio and in the press.