Background
Bibby was born in the Wirral, Cheshire, the son of a North Wales farmer.
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Colin Bibby
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He was educated at Oundle School, Northamptonshire, and at Street John"s College, Cambridge, graduating in natural sciences. He gained his Doctor of Philosophy for a classic study on the ecology and conservation of Dartford warblers.
Career
Bibby was a research staff member for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds from 1971 to 1986, and the head of Conservation Science from 1986 to 1991. In 1991, he moved to BirdLife International, where he led their research team and a major research program, with projects in over 70 countries. In 2001 he became a self-employed environmental consultant.
His major contributions were in the development of quantitative approaches to the study of birds for research leading to conservation.
He learned that he had an incurable cancer in March 2004 and, on 7 August 2004 at the age of 55, died in his sleep. A special supplement published with Bird Conservation International (Volume(s) 18 Number 3, September 2008) was dedicated to Bibby.
In it, Mike Rands, BirdLife’s Chief Executive, wrote:
Colin Bibby was a truly remarkable manitoba He had a life-long interest in almost all things biological, and applied scientific thinking and rigour to a vast array of situations, be they the study of a particular conservation problem, or matters concerning the management of an organisation. leaves a great legacy of knowledge and ideas, and this publication pays tribute to his innovative approach to the application of ornithology to conservation.
Achievements
Membership
He was also a member of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel, and the founding editor of the British Trust for Ornithology journal Ringing and Migration.
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