Birkhead, Tim

Tim Birkhead, the Chair of Trustees, is emeritus professor of behaviour and evolution at the University of Sheffield. His research on promiscuity and sperm competition in birds helped to re-shape current understanding of bird mating systems. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and as well as a passion for research, Tim has been committed to undergraduate teaching and the public understanding of science. His talks (like The Early Birdwatchers) and popular science books have gained widespread recognition: The Wisdom of Birds (2008) won ‘bird book of the year award’ and Bird Sense (2012) and The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird’s Egg (2016) were both short-listed for the Royal Society Popular Science Prize. His most recent book is Birds and Us (2022 Penguin/Viking).

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