Arnold Boyd

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Arnold W. Boyd MC, MA, FZS, FRES, MBOU (1885-1959) was an ornithologist and naturalist from Cheshire, England.

He was a long-time contributor to The Guardian's "Country Diary" column, taking over a slot from Thomas Coward in 1933, on the latter's death. In 1950, he revised Coward's The Birds of the British Isles and their eggs for a new edition.

Boyd was uncle to James Fisher, who also became a leading ornithologist and natural history writer and broadcaster.

[edit] Bibliography

• The Country Diary of a Cheshire Man Collins (1946)

[edit] References

• Biography of Thomas Coward
• Folkplay