Bruce Campbell (15 June 1912 – 9 January 1993) was an English ornithologist, writer and broadcaster, closely associated with theBritish Trust for Ornithology (BTO).

Campbell was born inSouthsea,Hampshire on 15 June 1912. As a young boy, he was influenced by his father, an army officer, birds-nester andegg-collector, who later became the British Army's Inspector of Physical Training. After education atWinchester College, he studied at theUniversity of Edinburgh, obtaining aBSc in biology. He later gained a doctorate in comparative bird studies, so becoming one of the first field naturalists to also be a trained scientist. In 1938, he married Margaret Gibson-Hill, herself a writer, with whom he had two sons and one daughter. From 1936 to 1948, he was a teacher and university lecturer. After World War II, he brought the work of sound recordistLudwig Koch to the attention of the BTO. In 1948, Campbell was appointed the first full-time secretary of the BTO, a post he held until 1959. He served on the panel of the Wildlife Collection withJulian Huxley, and was active in theBritish Ornithologists' Union, theBritish Ecological Society, and conservation bodies. He conducted a pioneering study of thepied flycatcher at theNagshead woodland reserve,Gloucestershire. He made radio and television broadcasts relating to natural history for theBBC during the 1950s. In April 1959, despite his having had no previous experience as a producer, he was appointed senior producer at theBBC Natural History Unit inBristol, a position he held until 1962. He died on 9 January 1993 inWitney,Oxfordshire.^[1][2][3]

• 1949:Snowdonia (withF. J. North andR. Scott).New Naturalist #13. Collins, London.
• 1953:Finding Nests. Collins' Clear Type Press, London.
• 1959:Bird Watching for Beginners. Puffin Books, London.
• 1967:The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Birds (editor, with Jan Hanzák (author)). Paul Hamlyn, London.ISBN 978-0517005491
• 1969:British and European Birds in Colour (editor, withBertel Bruun (author) andArthur B. Singer (illustrator)). Paul Hamlyn, London.ISBN 978-0600004561
• 1970:The Hamlyn Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe (editor, with Bertel Bruun (author) and Arthur B. Singer (illustrator)). Paul Hamlyn, London.ISBN 978-0601070657
• 1972:A Field Guide to Birds' Nests (withJames Ferguson-Lees). Constable, London.ISBN 978-0094583504
• 1974:The Dictionary of Birds in Colour. Michael Joseph Ltd, London.ISBN 978-0718112578
• 1977:Birds of Coast and Sea. Britain and Northern Europe. Oxford University Press.ISBN 0192176617
• 1978-79:The Natural History of Britain and Northern Europe (editor with James Ferguson-Lees). Hodder & Stoughton, London. Five volume series:ISBN 978-0340226148,ISBN 978-0340226155,ISBN 978-0340231531,ISBN 978-0340231548 andISBN 978-0340231555
• 1979:Birdwatcher at Large. Littlehampton Book Services, UK.ISBN 978-0460043731
• 1985:A Dictionary of Birds (editor, withElizabeth Lack). Poyser, Calton, UK.ISBN 978-1408138403

• The Author's & Writer's Who's Who. Burke's Peerage, London, 1971

• 1912 births
• 1993 deaths
• English ornithologists
• People educated at Winchester College
• Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
• New Naturalist writers
• 20th-century British zoologists
• People from Southsea

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