Bernard Tucker in 1934 The Bernard Tucker Medal is awarded by the British Trust for Ornithology for services to ornithology . It is named in memory of Bernard Tucker , their first Secretary. It has been awarded since 1954, usually annually although there are some years when no medals were awarded.
Bernard Tucker Medallists
Source: British Trust for Ornithology
20th Century
1954 (1954 ) : Elsie P. Leach and Philip Hollom
1955 (1955 ) : Wilfred Backhouse Alexander and Richard C. Homes
1956 (1956 ) : John Anthony Gibb and George W. Temperley
1957 (1957 ) : Ronald Hickling and Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson
1958 (1958 ) : J.A.G. Barnes and Max Nicholson
1959 (1959 ) : Arnold Boyd and Tony Norris
1960 (1960 ) : Bruce Campbell OBE and S. Smith
1961 (1961 ) : R.F. Ruttledge and H.N. Southern
1962 (1962 ) : No medal awarded
1963 (1963 ) : Mrs E Barnes and Stanley Cramp
1964 (1964 ) : Derek Ratcliffe
1965 (1965 ) : Richard Kinahan Cornwallis
1966 (1966 ) : James Fisher and Geoffrey M. Tait
1967 (1967 ) : John Sidney Ash
1968 (1968 ) : Susan Cowdy
1969 (1969 ) : No medal awarded
1970 (1970 ) : A.F.G. Walker
1971 (1971 ) : S.M. Taylor
1972 (1972 ) : No medal awarded
1973 (1973 ) : Frank Gribble
1974 (1974 ) : Mr and Mrs Joseph A. Hardman
1975 (1975 ) : Clive Minton
1976 (1976 ) : James Ferguson-Lees
1977 (1977 ) : No medal awarded
1978 (1978 ) : G.C. Lambourne
1979 (1979 ) : Humphrey P. Sitters
1980 (1980 ) : Mr and Mrs A.D. Wilson
1981 (1981 ) : No medal awarded
1982 (1982 ) : P.G. Davis
1983 (1983 ) : Ronald Hickling
1984 (1984 ) : No medal awarded
1985 (1985 ) : G.F.A. Munns
1986 (1986 ) : M. Boddy
1987 (1987 ) : No medal awarded
1988 (1988 ) : No medal awarded
1989 (1989 ) : Geoffrey H. Gush
1990 (1990 ) : John M. McMeeking
1991 (1991 ) : Michael Shrubb
1992 (1992 ) : P. Catchpole and Chris du Feu
1993 (1993 ) : Bob Swann
1994 (1994 ) : M. Adcock and G. Horne
1995 (1995 ) : Brian Little
1996 (1996 ) : John Callion
1997 (1997 ) : Chris Mead
1998 (1998 ) : Mike Harris
1999 (1999 ) : Andrew G. Gosler and David G. Coker
2000 (2000 ) : R. Green
21st Century
2001 (2001 ) : Mark Cubitt
2002 (2002 ) : David Norman
2003 (2003 ) : Adrian C. Blackburn and Christopher P.F. Redfern
2004 (2004 ) : Michael V. Hounsome and David Warden
2005 (2005 ) : Stephen G. Dodd
2006 (2006 ) : Oscar J. Merne
2007 (2007 ) : Peter M. Potts, J.E.A. Brook and R.C. Cooke
2008 (2008 ) : Stephen J.R. Rumsey and Raymond Duncan
2009 (2009 ) : Ron A. Hoblyn
2010 (2010 ) : Hugh Insley
2011 (2011 ) : Michael Nicoll
2012 (2012 ) : Michael Marquiss
2013 (2013 ) : Anne Brenchley and Ron W. Summers
2014 (2014 ) : D.M. Francis
2015 (2015 ) : J. V. Lloyd
2016 (2016 ) : Tom Kittle
2017 (2017 ) : Ken Smith
2023 (2023 ) : Dr Stephanie Tyler