Known to most of his friends as Bert, he was also Herbert to many, and H. E. Axell on more formal occasions. However you knew him, he was famous in birding circles for half a century, and something of a legend in his own lifetime. When he died, in November 2001, an era seemed to have come to an end. Bert Axell left many friends to mourn his passing, and there are lots of us around who learned much

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