Sad News (1 Viewer)

[T0ny]

I've just heard the sad news that Chris Mead (BTO) passed away in his sleep last night.

Tony

 

[Reader]

Yes, it came on the pager at 13:01 today. Whatever you thought of the man he will be a sad loss to the birding world.

 

[Richard Ford]

Agreed John.

Rich

 

[IanF]

Sorry to hear of his demise. He will be greatly missed in the birding world.

 

[alan_rymer]

An very knowledgable man who was delighted in his birds and who always offered a helpful insight into their habits.

He and his innaccurate fingers will be missed.

 

[birdman]

I never knew Chris Mead, but I did purchase State of the Nation's Birds, and can therefore understand Alan's reply.

To lose someone with that Passion is very sad indeed.

 

[ralph]

As usual, the man was working right up until last night for the BTO. Their website says there will be a feature on Chris Mead in the very near future.

http://www.bto.org

 

[Colin]

Correction to the URL given in Ralphs post. It should be

www.bto.org

not .gov


Interestingly as I type this and look down at the previous posts, it shows the correct URL but it comes out wrong on the page which everyone reads but cannot edit...if you see what I mean - very odd.

Colin

 

[ralph]

Colin,

Listen very carefully, mate. GO AND LIE DOWN.

 

[cjay]

he wos Popeler on UKRB for mispelin words. He nether ewesed his spel cheeker.

A great Man who will be sorley missed. At leats he went peacefully & knew nothing about it.

CJ

 

[T0ny]

I don't think his spelling was bad, it was just that he was so full of enthusiasm and passion for birds that his fingers couldn't keep up with his brain.

Tony

 

[Andy Bright]

That is really sad.... I'll miss his eccentric spelling on ukrb, he was only posting a day or so ago.
He always seemed like a nice guy to me, and he had great views on stray cats.
Now he'll never be joining us on BF :-(
Andy

 

[fatbirder]

I have just posted an obit on Fatbirder with extracts from UKBN postings and a potted account of his contribution to ornithology. I only met him briefly but corresponded and he was always happy to answer even the most naive of questions as he realised that that is often a way to strengthen someone's spark of interest... he will be sorely missed.

bo

 

[pigsonthewing]

(as posted elsewhere)

I never met Chris, though I always hoped to, but feel the loss as if I had. I sat, stunned, at my desk at work today, when I first heard the sad news, barely able to believe it.

Chris was as robust as I in his views, but had the rare quality of being able to exchange robust comments with out either taking or causing offence. His knowledge was only surpassed in quality by his willingness to share it with those less knowledgeable - and that's most of us.

I shall miss him, and his quriky tpying...

 

[Andy Thatcher]

Sad day.

His sheer enthusiasm will be sorely missed but not as much as the man himself.