Ronald Hickling

Ronald Arthur Overton Hickling (1912 – 18 October 2006) was a British ornithologist. He served as president of the Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society. He died in Rothley, Leicestershire, at the age of 93.

Publications

Books authored by Hickling include:

• 1978 – The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland. Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society.
• 1983 – Enjoying Ornithology: a celebration of fifty years of the British Trust for Ornithology, 1933-1983. Poyser:Calton. (editor and compiler)
• 1988 – Birds at Gibraltar Point: a systematic list covering the years 1949 to 1987. Lincolnshire and South Humberside Trust for Nature Conservation. (with Stephen Davies)
• 1996 – James Harley: a Leicestershire Naturalist, 1801-1860. Leicestershire Museums, Arts & Records Service.

Honours

• 1957 – Bernard Tucker Medal of the British Trust for Ornithology
• 1979 – Honorary Master of Science degree from Leicester University
• 1983 – Bernard Tucker Medal of the British Trust for Ornithology

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