James Ferguson-Lees Author

David A. Christie is an ornithologist, editor and translator. He is co-author of a number of books, including Raptors of the World and the award-winning Woodpeckers.

James Ferguson-Lees is a leading British ornithologist and the editor of British Birds. He has served as President of the British Trust for Ornithology, a Committee Chairman and Deputy Director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and a Council Member and Records Committee Chairman of the British Ornithologists' Union. He is the author of several books, including British Birds, The Shell Guide to the Birds of Britain, Raptors of the World and Ireland and Endangered Birds.