This web page provides links to digitised obituaries of Scottish ornithologists from Scottish Birds. Readers can explore the lives of a diverse range of past Scottish Ornithologists’ Club members and their changing social and ornithological environments from the earliest days of the 20th century through to today. Click on one of the links below to view the obituary of the former member. A few recently-published obituaries are not yet available online.
| Obituary for | Dates | Year published | |
| Samuel Michael David ALEXANDER | 1932-2010 | Scottish Birds Vol 31: 28 | 2011 |
| Wilfrid Backhouse ALEXANDER | 1885-1965 | Scottish Birds Vol 4: 258 | 1966 |
| Duncan Robertson ANDERSON | 1890-1977 | Scottish Birds Vol 9: 309 | 1977 |
| Sandy ANDERSON | 1938-2017 | Scottish Birds Vol 37: 226 | 2017 |
| Dr Norah ARMSTRONG | ****-1996 | Scottish Birds Vol 18: 186 | 1996 |
| John Michael Stewart ARNOTT | 1933-2002 | Scottish Birds Vol 24: 45 | 2003 |
| William AUSTIN | 1911-1995 | Scottish Bird News 38: 12 | 1995 |
| John BAIN | 1883?-1961 | Scottish Birds Vol 1: 450 | 1961 |
| Eddie BALFOUR | ****-1974 | Scottish Birds Vol 9: 69 | 1976 |
| Dr D A (David Armitage) BANNERMAN | 1986-1979 | Scottish Birds Vol 10: 277 | 1979 |
| James BARTHOLOMEW | 1874-1957 | Scottish Birds Vol 1: 22 | 1958 |
| Dr E V (Evelyn Vida) BAXTER | 1879-1959 | Scottish Birds Vol 1: 168 | 1960 |
| John BERRY | 1907-2002 | Scottish Birds Vol 22: 121 | 2001 |
| Henry BOASE | 1892-1974 | Scottish Birds Vol 8: 86 | 1974 |
| Gordon BOOTH | 1905-2003 | Scottish Birds Vol 24: 51 | 2004 |
| Hugh BOYD | 1925-2016 | Scottish Birds Vol 36: 306 | 2016 |
| John Morton BOYD | 1925-1998 | Scottish Birds Vol 19: 310 | 1998 |
| William BRACKENRIDGE | 1952-2000 | Scottish Birds Vol 22: 70 | 2001 |
| William BROTHERSTON | 1913-1981 | Scottish Birds Vol 11: 265 | 1981 |
| Leslie Hilton BROWN | 1917-1980 | Scottish Birds Vol 11: 196 | 1981 |
| Samuel BRUCE | 1879-1960 | Scottish Birds Vol 1: 240 | 1960 |
| A G S (Archibald Gordon Stuart) BRYSON | 1912-1999 | Scottish Birds Vol 20: 46 | 1999 |
| John Philip BUSBY | 1928-2015 | Scottish Birds Vol 35: 229 | 2015 |
| Robert Grier CALDOW | 1922-2006 | Scottish Birds Vol 28: 51 | 2008 |
| Dr James William CAMPBELL | 1906-1971 | Scottish Birds Vol 6: 340 | 1971 |
| Robert CARRICK | 1911-1988 | Scottish Birds Vol 15: 93 | 1988 |
| Malcolm CASTLE | 1923-1966 | Scottish Birds Vol 19: 58 | 1997 |
| Mark CHAPMAN | 1959-2018 | Scottish Birds Vol 38: 144 | 2018 |
| William CLUNIE | 1948-2014 | Scottish Birds Vol 35: 132 | 2015 |
| Dr Pamela Mary COLLETT | 1925-2006 | Scottish Birds Vol 27: 78 | 2007 |
| A W (Tony) COLLING | 1917-2001 | Scottish Birds Vol 22: 115 | 2001 |
| Sir Charles Gibson CONNELL | 1899-1985 | Scottish Birds Vol 13: 185 | 1985 |
| C N L COWPER | 1928-2002 | Scottish Birds Vol 24: 43 | 2003 |
| Bill CRAWFORD | 1898?-1964 | Scottish Birds Vol 3: 324 | 1965 |
| W A J (Peter) CUNNINGHAM | 1918-2014 | Scottish Birds Vol 34: 306 | 2014 |
| Andrew CURRIE | 1930-2012 | Scottish Birds Vol 32: 226 | 2012 |
| Frank Fraser DARLING | 1903-1979 | Scottish Birds Vol 11: 26 | 1980 |
| Robert Christie DICKSON | 1933-2011 | Scottish Birds Vol 32: 226 | 2012 |
| Jean Murray (Jan) DONNAN | 1930-2011 | Scottish Birds Vol 32: 37 | 2012 |
| Henry Montagu DOUGLAS-HOME | 1907-1980 | Scottish Birds Vol 11: 124 | 1980 |
| Ian R DOWNHILL | ****-1963 | Scottish Birds Vol 2: 497 | 1963 |
| Sir Arthur DUNCAN | 1909-1984 | Scottish Birds Vol 13: 160 | 1985 |
| George Mackenzie DUNNET | 1928-1995 | Scottish Birds Vol 18: 122 | 1995 |
| Roger Frank DURMAN | 1944-2003 | Scottish Birds Vol 25: 63 | 2005 |
| EARL OF WEMYSS & MARCH | 1912-2008 | Scottish Birds Vol 29: 42 | 2009 |
| Dr W J EGGELING | 1909-1994 | Scottish Birds Vol 17: 178 | 1994 |
| Hugh Francis Douglas ELDER | 1913-1977 | Scottish Birds Vol 10: 59 | 1978 |
| Richard EVANS | 1964-2016 | Scottish Birds Vol 36: 307 | 2016 |
| James FISHER | 1912-1970 | Scottish Birds Vol 6: 285 | 1971 |
| Klaus Dietrich FIUCZYNSKI | 1938-2014 | Scottish Birds Vol 36: 219 | 2016 |
| Bruce C FORRESTER | 1955-2002 | Scottish Birds Vol 23: 55 | 2002 |
| Matt FORRESTER | 1911-1969 | Scottish Birds Vol 5: 401 | 1969 |
| Len FULLERTON | 1909-1969 | Scottish Birds Vol 6: 54 | 1970 |
| Elizabeth A GARDEN | 1918-1963 | Scottish Birds Vol 2: 495 | 1963 |
| Dr Jack A (John Alan) GIBSON | 1926-2013 | Scottish Birds Vol 33: 238 | 2013 |
| Seton Paul GORDON | 1886-1977 | Scottish Birds Vol 9: 307 | 1977 |
| David HAMILTON | 1877-1967 | Scottish Birds Vol 5: 55 | 1968 |
| Maxwell Kerr HAMILTON | 1915-1985 | Scottish Birds Vol 13: 271 | 1985 |
| John HARDEY | 1950-2019 | Scottish Birds Vol 40: 52 | 2020 |
| Hetty Louisa HARPER | 1915-2000 | Scottish Birds Vol 21: 119 | 2000 |
| William Gerald HARPER | 1915-1995 | Scottish Birds Vol 18: 126 | 1995 |
| Raymond G HAWLEY | 1935-2017 | Scottish Birds Vol 38: 143 | 2018 |
| Paul HAWORTH | 1951-2018 | Scottish Birds Vol 39: 140 | 2019 |
| Clifford HENTY | 1934-2018 | Scottish Birds Vol 38: 244 | 2018 |
| Dr Raymond HEWSON | 1921-2011 | Scottish Birds Vol 32: 36 | 2012 |
| Dr Constance HIGGINBOTTOM | 1905-1962 | Scottish Birds Vol 2: 340 | 1963 |
| Ivan HILLS | 1914-1999 | Scottish Birds Vol 21: 120 | 2000 |
| Alan HILTON | 1958-2001 | Scottish Birds Vol 23: 55 | 2002 |
| Commander Sir Geoffrey HUGHES-ONSLOW | 1893-1971 | Scottish Birds Vol 7: 98 | 1972 |
| Charles J INKSTER | 1874?-1964 | Scottish Birds Vol 3: 150 | 1964 |
| Tom IRVING | ****-1991 | Scottish Bird News 25: 15 | 1992 |
| Robert Marshall Craig LAMBIE | 1935-1999 | Scottish Birds Vol 21: 56 | 2000 |
| Ian LANGFORD | 1956-2017 | Scottish Birds Vol 38: 47 | 2018 |
| Stan LAYBOURNE | 1941-2012 | Scottish Birds Vol 32: 225 | 2012 |
| Rev John LEES | ****-1961 | Scottish Birds Vol 1: 376 | 1961 |
| William Miles LOGAN-HOME | 1884-1977 | Scottish Birds Vol 9: 350 | 1977 |
| James D LOUGH | 1936-2019 | Scottish Birds Vol 39: 324 | 2019 |
| Alastair MACDONALD | ****-1975 | Scottish Birds Vol 8: 385 | 1975 |
| Donald M MACDONALD | 1912-2002 | Scottish Birds Vol 24: 44 | 2003 |
| Elsie MACDONALD | 1883-1976 | Scottish Birds Vol 9: 310 | 1977 |
| James Watt MACDONALD | 1928-1988 | Scottish Birds Vol 15: 185 | 1989 |
| James MACGEOCH | ****-1970 | Scottish Birds Vol 6: 216 | 1970 |
| Keith S MACGREGOR | 1930-2015 | Scottish Birds Vol 35: 324 | 2015 |
| Mike MADDERS | 1957-2009 | Scottish Birds Vol 30: 33 | 2010 |
| The Rt Hon The Earl MANSFIELD | 1900-1971 | Scottish Birds Vol 6: 450 | 1971 |
| Archie MATHIESON | 1937-2014 | Scottish Birds Vol 35: 227 | 2015 |
| Robert MCCURLEY | 1934-2019 | Scottish Birds Vol 39: 323 | 2019 |
| John Morell MCWILLIAM | 1883-1968 | Scottish Birds Vol 5: 113 | 1968 |
| Campbell MCLELLAN | 1933-2016 | Scottish Birds Vol 37: 34 | 2017 |
| Eric Richard MEEK | 1947-2017 | Scottish Birds Vol 37: 141 | 2017 |
| Professor M F M (Matthew Fontaine Maury) MEIKLEJOHN | 1913-1974 | Scottish Birds Vol 8: 82 | 1974 |
| John K R MELROSE | 1926-1913 | Scottish Birds Vol 34: 21 | 2014 |
| John MITCHELL | 1934-2019 | Scottish Birds Vol 39: 322 | 2019 |
| Ian MUNRO | 1910-1996 | Scottish Birds Vol 18: 188 | 1996 |
| Michael Helsdon MURPHY | 1935-2011 | Scottish Birds Vol 31: 229 | 2011 |
| Raymond David MURRAY | 1950-2016 | Scottish Birds Vol 37: 31 | 2017 |
| Christopher Kenneth MYLNE | 1927-2018 | Scottish Birds Vol 38: 243 | 2018 |
| J Bryan NELSON | 1932-2015 | Scottish Birds Vol 35: 231 | 2015 |
| Desmond NETHERSOLE-THOMPSON | 1908-1989 | Scottish Birds Vol 15: 138 | 1989 |
| Maimie NETHERSOLE-THOMPSON | 1930-2015 | Scottish Birds Vol 36: 16 | 2016 |
| Philip NEWMAN | 1954-2013 | Scottish Birds Vol 33: 129 | 2013 |
| Brian ORR | 1961-2013 | Scottish Birds Vol 33: 323 | 2013 |
| J M A OSBORNE | 1948-2014 | Scottish Birds Vol 34: 230 | 2014 |
| Gerry OWENS | 1957-2013 | Scottish Birds Vol 34: 22 | 2014 |
| C E (Charles Eric) PALMAR | 1916-1986 | Scottish Birds Vol 14: 52 | 1986 |
| Tom PATERSON | ****-1975 | Scottish Birds Vol 8: 328 | 1975 |
| Ian Balfour PAUL | 1916-2010 | Scottish Birds Vol 31: 26 | 2011 |
| Mike PEACOCK | 1953-2019 | Scottish Birds Vol 40: 50 | 2020 |
| Major Alastair PEIRSE-DUNCOMBE | 1923-2001 | Scottish Birds Vol 22: 120 | 2001 |
| Dr Ian Durance PENNIE | 1916-2002 | Scottish Birds Vol 23: 57 | 2002 |
| Joe POTTER | 1933-2015 | Scottish Birds Vol 36: 218 | 2016 |
| GR (Dick) POTTS | 1939-2017 | Scottish Birds Vol 37: 142 | 2017 |
| Bede POUNDER | ****-2019 | Scottish Birds Vol 39: 325 | 2019 |
| John Peden PRINGLE | 1931-2011 | Scottish Birds Vol 31: 138 | 2011 |
| R A (Richard Alan) RICHARDSON | 1922-1977 | Scottish Birds Vol 10: 25 | 1978 |
| L J (Leonora Jeffrey) RINTOUL | 1878-1953 | Scottish Naturalist Vol 65: 137 | 1953 |
| Professor-Emeritus James RITCHIE | 1882-1958 | Scottish Birds Vol 1: 54 | 1959 |
| Henry ROBB | 1933-2016 | Scottish Birds Vol 36: 150 | 2016 |
| Robert Robertson | ****-1991 | Scottish Bird News 23: 15 | 1991 |
| Dr Dorothy (Betty) ROWLING | 1915-2012 | Scottish Birds Vol 33: 127 | 2013 |
| R I (Dick) ROXBURGH | 1920-2001 | Scottish Birds Vol 22: 114 | 2001 |
| Dr Maeve RUSK | 1918-2011 | Scottish Birds Vol 31: 136 | 2011 |
| G L (Gerard Lionel) SANDEMAN | 1909-1999 | Scottish Birds Vol 21: 58 | 2000 |
| Patrick Watt SANDEMAN | 1913-2006 | Scottish Bird News 81: 5 | 2006 |
| Charles William SANDERSON | 1895?-1967 | Scottish Birds Vol 5: 56 | 1968 |
| Ian SANDISON | 1947-2020 | Scottish Birds Vol 40: 255 | 2020 |
| Christopher John SAVORY | 1943-2020 | Scottish Birds Vol 40: 138 | 2020 |
| Bob SCOTT | 1938-2009 | Scottish Birds Vol 29: 131 | 2009 |
| Ritchie SEATH | 1907-1996 | Scottish Birds Vol 18: 254 | 1996 |
| Rev Dr William SERLE | 1912-1992 | Scottish Birds Vol 17: 66 | 1993 |
| Andrew SHEPHERD | 1931-2013 | Scottish Birds Vol 33: 236 | 2013 |
| R D SMILLIE | 1920-1990 | Scottish Birds Vol 16: 48 | 1990 |
| Elizabeth Munro SMITH | 1922-2015 | Scottish Birds Vol 35: 228 | 2015 |
| Robert Wood Jackson SMITH | 1922-2001 | Scottish Birds Vol 22: 117 | 2001 |
| Dr Vernon D van SOMEREN | 1915-1962 | Scottish Birds Vol 2: 108 | 1962 |
| Frank SPRAGGE | 1930-2014 | Scottish Birds Vol 34: 309 | 2014 |
| Lt-Col J K STANFORD | 1892-1971 | Scottish Birds Vol 7: 58 | 1972 |
| Jimmy STEELE | 1962-2017 | Scottish Birds Vol 38: 48 | 2018 |
| A C STEPHEN | 1893?-1966 | Scottish Birds Vol 4: 257 | 1966 |
| A Graham STEWART | ****-1988 | Scottish Bird News 11: 12 | 1988 |
| James STEWART | 1926-2014 | Scottish Birds Vol 35: 32 | 2015 |
| George STOUT | 1887?-1966 | Scottish Birds Vol 4: 255 | 1966 |
| James Anderson STOUT | 1911-2013 | Scottish Birds Vol 33: 127 | 2013 |
| Valerie MacLaren THOM | 1929-1998 | Scottish Birds Vol 19: 307 | 1998 |
| Michael James THOMAS | 1933-2010 | Scottish Birds Vol 30: 127 | 2010 |
| Sir Arthur Landsborough THOMSON | 1890-1977 | Scottish Birds Vol 9: 351 | 1977 |
| Ian Murray THOMSON | c.1895-1964 | Scottish Birds Vol 3: 92 | 1964 |
| Helen TODD | ****-1963 | Scottish Birds Vol 3: 43 | 1964 |
| Robert (Bobby) John TULLOCH | 1929-1926 | Scottish Birds Vol 19: 59 | 1997 |
| Brian TURNER | 1920-2013 | Scottish Birds Vol 33: 237 | 2013 |
| Louis A URQUART | 1910-2001 | Scottish Birds Vol 22: 119 | 2001 |
| Rev E T VERNON | 189?-1967 | Scottish Birds Vol 5: 53 | 1968 |
| Lance Leonard Joseph VICK | 1938-2017 | Scottish Birds Vol 37: 227 | 2017 |
| George WATERSTON | 1911-1980 | Scottish Birds Vol 11: 121 | 1980 |
| May Irene WATERSTON | 1914-1984 | Scottish Birds Vol 13: 125 | 1984 |
| Adam WATSON | 1930-2019 | Scottish Birds Vol 39: 207 | 2019 |
| Donald WATSON | 1918-2005 | Scottish Bird News 79: 1 | 2006 |
| Jeff WATSON | 1952-2007 | Scottish Birds Vol 28: 53 | 2008 |
| Duncan WATT | 1949-2016 | Scottish Birds Vol 36: 304 | 2016 |
| Peter WEBSTER | 1950-2003 | Scottish Birds Vol 24: 51 | 2004 |
| The Hon Douglas Nigel WEIR | 1935-2000 | Scottish Birds Vol 21: 121 | 2000 |
| Kenneth WILLIAMSON | 1914-1977 | Scottish Birds Vol 9: 352 | 1977 |
| David Ronald WILSON | 1926-2020 | Scottish Birds Vol 40: 254 | 2020 |
| James Stewart WILSON | 1939-2009 | Scottish Birds Vol 29: 130 | 2009 |
| James WOOD | 1944-2014 | Scottish Birds Vol 34: 308 | 2014 |
| Graham J Wren | 1936-2018 | Scottish Birds Vol 39: 22 | 2019 |
| Vero Copner WYNNE-EDWARDS | 1906-1997 | Scottish Birds Vol 19: 61 | 1997 |
| James F YOUNG | ****-1994 | Scottish Bird News 36: 8 | 1994 |
| Russell YOUNG | 1936-2007 | Scottish Birds Vol 28: 52 | 2008 |
