David Hunt (ornithologist)

David Bassil Hunt (1934 – 22 February 1985) was a British ornithologist who will be remembered as "..the man who brought Scilly wildlife into the lives of thousands of people over a period of 20 years" and for the tragic cause of his death as the first "westerner" to be killed by a tiger for many decades.^[1]

Brought up on the Yealm estuary, he attended Gresham's School in Norfolk and, in 1954 studied art and went on to work as a professional jazz trombonist in Germany. On returning to Britain he worked as a "horticulturalist" which led to Tresco and the Island Hotel where he became the gardener in 1964. He was based on the Isles of Scilly for many years, working as an international birding tour guide. He was killed by a Bengal tiger in Jim Corbett National Park, in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand in northern India, while leading a bird tour there, the same year that his autobiography, Confessions of a Scilly Birdman, was published. As a result of this incident, visitors are now forbidden to walk on the territory of the Jim Corbett National Park any time of the day if they are unattended by a certified guide.

References

1. ^ Flumm, D.S. "Obituary". In Rogers, M.J. (ed.) (1985) Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1984. Cornwall Bird Watching and Preservation Society.

• Oddie, Bill (1994). Follow That Bird! Around the world with a passionate bird-watcher. London: Robson Books. pp. 172. ISBN 0860519198. 

Further reading

• Hunt, David (1985). Confessions of a Scilly Birdman. London: Croom Helm. pp. 174. ISBN 9780709937241. 

Persondata
Name	Hunt, David
Alternative names
Short description	British ornithologist
Date of birth	1934
Place of birth
Date of death	1985-02-22
Place of death	Jim Corbett National Park, India

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