David Quinn (bird Artist)
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David Quinn (born 1959) is a British bird artist. He won the 1987 Bird Illustrator of the Year Award of '' British Birds'' magazine. His illustrations have appeared in several works, including the ''New World Warblers'' and ''Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers'' volumes of the
Helm Identification Guides The ''Helm Identification Guides'' are a series of books that identify groups of bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Ovi ...
series, as well as accompanying identification papers in ''British Birds'' magazine. David Quinn is based in
Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
, where he moved to in 1983. Quinn was educated at
Salford Grammar School Salford Grammar School was a grammar school for boys in Salford, founded in 1904. From 1969, it was known as Salford Grammar Technical School. It was disestablished in 1973, with the coming of comprehensive education. History The school was est ...
and
Manchester Polytechnic Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education ...
, where he graduated BA with first class honours in
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in 1982. Amongst other publications in which his illustrations are featured is the third edition of the ''
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Field Guide to the Birds of North America'', as well as the ''Helm Identification Guide to New World Warblers''. He has also worked with Rob Hume on a guide to European
gull Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the subfamily Larinae. They are most closely related to terns and skimmers, distantly related to auks, and even more distantly related to waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed ...
s, yet to be published. Quinn has found a number of rare
vagrant Vagrancy is the condition of wandering homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants usually live in poverty and support themselves by travelling while engaging in begging, scavenging, or petty theft. In Western countries, ...
birds in Cheshire, including a
Franklin's gull Franklin's gull (''Leucophaeus pipixcan'') is a small (length 12.6–14.2 in, 32–36 cm) gull. The genus name ''Leucophaeus'' is from Ancient Greek ''leukos'', "white", and ''phaios'', "dusky". The specific ''pipixcan'' is a Nahuatl name fo ...
at Neumann's Flash in 1987 and a first-winter
American herring gull The American herring gull or Smithsonian gull (''Larus smithsonianus'' or ''Larus argentatus smithsonianus'') is a large gull that breeds in North America, where it is treated by the American Ornithological Society as a subspecies of herring gu ...
in 1994, the first accepted record for mainland Britain.Quinn, David (2009). "American Herring Gull in Cheshire & Wirral: new to Britain". '' British Birds''. 102 (6): 342-347.


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* 1959 births Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University Living people British bird artists People educated at Salford Grammar School {{UK-artist-stub