Steve Madge Explained

Steve Madge (15 January 1948 – July 2020)^[1] was a birder, author, and bird tour leader, based in Cornwall, England.^[2]

He was a member of the British Birds Rarities Committee and president of the Cornwall Birdwatching and Preservation Society.

He wrote three volumes in the Helm Identification Guides series - on Wildfowl, Crows and Jays and Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse, and co-authored The Handbook of Bird Identification (1998) with Mark Beaman.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Clegg . Darrell . Steve Madge 1948-2020 . Cornwall Bird Watching & Preservation Society . 22 July 2020.
2. News: Ease Boredom of Snowless Winter with a New Book Focus on Nature. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106125958/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/92490349.html?dids=92490349:92490349&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19,+1989&author=TOM+FEGELY,+The+Morning+Call&pub=Morning+Call&desc=EASE+BOREDOM+OF+SNOWLESS+WINTER+WITH+A+NEW+BOOK+FOCUS+ON+NATURE&pqatl=google. dead. 6 November 2012. Fegely. Tom. 19 February 1989. The Morning Call. 14. 25 April 2011.
3. Pittaway, Ron. review of The Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic. Ontario Birds. April 1999. 17. 1. 30–31.
4. Book: The Handbook of Bird Identification: For Europe and the Western Palearctic. Helm Identification Guides. Beaman, Mark. Madge, Steve. illustrated by Alan Harris, Dan Zetterström, Hilary Burn, Laurel Tucker, Martin Elliott, Peter Hayman; 872 paged. A&C Black. 2010. 140813523X.