Trustees

BB 2000 Limited is wholly owned by the British Birds Charitable Trust (registered charity No. 1089422) whose trustees are Adrian Pitches, Eve Tigwell, Neil Bucknell (Chair), Peter Marren, and Tim Birkhead.

Adrian Pitches

Adrian is a BBC TV journalist who lives on Tyneside. A birdwatcher since childhood, Adrian grew up in Leicestershire, a long way from the sea, so now revels in birding the Northumberland coast. His particular interests are the birds of Asia and Africa, and British rarities; he was the co-author of Birds New to Britain 1980–2004 (Helm 2005). Adrian has compiled News & comment in BB since 2001, was a BB Director from 2006–17, and joined the BB Trustees in October 2021.

Eve Tigwell

Eve has been the BTO Regional Representative for Somerset for many years, organising a whole range of surveys in the county; she organised and co-authored The Somerset Atlas, and is currently Treasurer of the Somerset Ornithological Society. She has served as BTO Honorary Secretary and Chairman of the Pension Fund Trustees. Eve is particularly interested in research into the populations of commoner birds, and how they respond to habitat changes. She earns her living as an international garden retail consultant.

Neil Bucknell (Chair)

Neil lives in Berkshire, and is a solicitor practising in Guildford. He was president of the Berkshire Ornithological Club from 2012 to 2018. He is co-author of The Birds of Berkshire, has served as Hon Secretary of both the BOU and BTO, and is a vice-president of the BOU. He is particularly interested in inland waterbirds, having covered the same WeBS sites for over 30 years, and after involvement with two local atlases is involved with putting the information to use in local conservation.

Peter Marren

Tim Birkhead

Tim Birkhead is emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of Sheffield, where he’s been since 1976. His research has focussed  on the reproductive biology of birds, the shape of birds’ eggs and the history of ornithology. He has maintained a long-term population study of guillemots on Skomer Island, in Pembrokeshire, since 1972.