George Waterston
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George Waterston (1911 - 1980) was an ornithologist and conservationist in Scotland. He was Director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Scotland, and co-founder of what was the Midlothian Ornithologists' Club and is now the Scottish Ornithologists' Club; he was their President, Secretary, Treasurer and Hon. President at various times. He also founded the Scottish Arctic Club with its Waterston Arctic Library.
[edit] Fair Isle
George Waterston is probably best known for his interest in Fair Isle which he first visited in 1935 as a young man. He had great plans for the island, but these were interrupted by WWII. Whilst a prisoner of war, he laid plans for a bird observatory and birdwatchers' hostel, but also for other aspects of island life, e.g. a marketing scheme for the island's products, including Fair Isle knitwear.
He had bought the island in 1947 and sold it back for the same sum of money to the National Trust for Scotland.
[edit] Tributes
George Waterston tried to encourage other conservationists, among them Donald Watson, the wildlife artist; the Art Gallery at Waterston House is named after him.
Two bird-related centres bear George Waterston's name:
- Waterston House, the headquarters of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club at Aberlady, East Lothian and its Local Nature Reserve
[edit] See also
- List of places in East Lothian
- People who are ornithologists practice ornithology, the study of birds. They may also be birders. Ornithology is a branch of natural history, zoology, and biology. See also the list of ornithologists.
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