Christopher M. Perrins
Christopher Miles Perrins is a British ornithologist and author, renowned for his work on avian population ecology and reproductive rates. He was a professor of Ornithology at the University of Oxford and Director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology. Perrins has made significant contributions to the long-term study of the great tit and was the first to discover the high heritability of clutch size in great tits. He has also served as His Majesty's Warden of the Swans since 1993.
Awards
['Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)', 'Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)', 'Godman-Salvin Medal (1988)', 'RSPB Medal (1992)', 'Warden of the Swans (1993)', "Union Medal of the British Ornithologists' Union (2016)"]
Notable Works
['British Tits', 'Mute Swan', 'Encyclopedia of Birds', 'The Birds of the Western Palearctic', 'The New Encyclopedia of Birds', 'Birds: Their Life, Their Ways, Their World']
