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| Name |
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| Dr Peter Lack |
| Position |
| Head of Information Systems Unit |
| Role |
| I am responsible for the running, maintenance, security and
development of all computer systems and applications in use
at the Trust and am responsible for the maintenance of the archives,
both computer and paper. |
| Qualifications |
MA Zoology, St Johns College, Oxford, 1971-1974.
DPhil Habitats and feeding stations of birds in Tsavo National
Park, Kenya (St Johns College, Oxford 1974-1979) |
| Research Interests/Responsibilities |
| My post involves overseeing the
maintenance, development and security of all computer systems
and applications in use. These include several servers, about
100 PCs and internal and external connections; and on 3 sites:
Thetford, BTO Scotland in Stirling and the Web Application
Servers at University of East Anglia. On these are several
science databases, including those for the online surveys
(eg BirdTrack) and internal to The Nunnery (eg Ringing), and
the Membership database, and the various applications which
use these.
I also have responsibility for the archives of the Trust both
electronic and on paper.
Scientific areas in which I have a continued interest include:
birds in winter, migration strategies particularly in respect
of Palearctic-Africa migrants, birds in Africa generally. |
| Other Information |
Council member of Suffolk Ornithologists’
Group
Editorial Board member of Bulletin of African Bird Club |
| Selected Publications |
- 1986 The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland.
T. & A.D. Poyser, Calton.
- 1992 Birds on Lowland Farms. Her Majesty's Stationery
Office, London.
- 1993 (editor with D. Ferguson) The Birds of Buckinghamshire.
Buckinghamshire Bird Club, Burnham.
- Several papers and notes on birds in East African savannas
- Several papers on birds and management of farmland
- Few papers reporting results from BTO surveys
- Compiler of Ringing Report for Suffolk in Suffolk Birds
since 2002
- Compiler of Literature review for Bulletin of African
Bird Club since 1993
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| Contact Details |
Email:
Telephone:
Fax:
Postal address: |
01842 750050
01842 750030
British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, IP24
2PU, UK. |
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