Jim Flegg

Who is Jim Flegg?

Dr Jim Flegg OBE is a British ornithologist and writer on bird-related matters. He is also a former director of the British Trust for Ornithology. He joined the Rochester and District Natural History Society as a junior member. As an ornithologist, he became well-known, and became president of Kent Ornithological Society in 1977. He was a national household name because of his role as a presenter on the Coastal Ways and Country Ways television programmes.

He is a bird ringer and has ringed over 30,000 birds.

Among the books Flegg has authored are the Photographic Field Guide: Birds of Australia and a number of books designed to interest children in living things from an early age.