Bo Beolens
Born in Brighton, UK, in 1949, Richard Crombet-Beolens - known to all as 'Bo' Beolens, aka the 'Fat Birder' or the 'Grumpy Old Birder'.
I have co-authored several books: Whose Bird (2003) - Beolens & Watkins, The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals (2009) - Beolens, Watkins & Grayson, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles (2011) - Beolens, Watkins & Grayson, The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians (2013) - Beolens, Watkins & Grayson and The Eponym Dictionary of Birds is due out in 2014. My first solo effort - The A-Z of Birds - was published August 2013. I've also written articles in several UK and US Birding Magazines. I was a columnist as 'the Grumpy Old Birder', for several years in several magazines, and, although this now lives on as a monthly BLOG and Podcast, it will soon be appearing as a magazine column again. Several other books near completion.
As of August 2013 my World Life list stands at 2,607, my U.K. list at 374 and County (Kent) list 300 birds thanks to a recent Dusky Thrush!