# Clive Minton > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Clive_Minton > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Clive_Minton.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Minton > Source revision: 1254410164 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian ornithologist (1934–2019)}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} '''Clive Dudley Thomas Minton''', [AM](/source/Order_of_Australia) (7 October 1934 – 6 November 2019Katie Allen (2019) [https://web.archive.org/web/20191211082724/https://www.smh.com.au/national/revolutionary-in-the-study-of-wader-birds-20191211-p53izg.html "Revolutionary in the study of wader birds"]''[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)'', 11 December 2019. Archived from [https://www.smh.com.au/national/revolutionary-in-the-study-of-wader-birds-20191211-p53izg.html original] on 11 December 2019.) was a British and [Australia](/source/Australia)n metallurgist, administrator, [management consultant](/source/management_consultant) and amateur [ornithologist](/source/ornithologist). His interest in birds began in childhood. ==Early life== Born in [England](/source/England), Minton attended [Oundle School](/source/Oundle_School) and went on to complete a [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) degree in [Metallurgy](/source/Metallurgy) at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge). Although involved in studies of various species of birds, his main focus became the migratory [wader](/source/wader)s. He became the founding chairman of the [Wash Wader Ringing Group](/source/Wash_Wader_Ringing_Group) and was associated with the development of [cannon-netting](/source/cannon-netting), especially as a means of catching large numbers of waders for [banding](/source/bird_ringing) and [demographic](/source/biodemography) studies. ==Life in Australia== In 1978, Minton moved to [Australia](/source/Australia) as managing director of [Imperial Metal Industries Australia](/source/IMI_plc) in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_Australia). There he revitalised wader studies through the introduction of cannon-netting to the [Victorian Wader Study Group](/source/Victorian_Wader_Study_Group) (VWSG), which became one of the most active banding groups in the world. He was also instrumental in the formation of the [Australasian Wader Studies Group](/source/Australasian_Wader_Studies_Group) (AWSG) of which he was founding chair, as well as in the establishment of [Broome Bird Observatory](/source/Broome_Bird_Observatory). From the early 1980s, Minton led regular, almost annual, wader study expeditions to north-west Australia to catch and study the waders that migrate to and through the coastal strip between [Roebuck Bay](/source/Roebuck_Bay) near [Broome](/source/Broome%2C_Western_Australia), [Eighty Mile Beach](/source/Eighty_Mile_Beach) and [Port Hedland](/source/Port_Hedland) in the southern section of the [East Asian – Australasian Flyway](/source/East_Asian_%E2%80%93_Australasian_Flyway). These expeditions, along with data collected in south-eastern Australia by the VWSG, have led to major governmental conservation initiatives through the Flyway, including the [Japan Australia Migratory Bird Agreement](/source/Japan_Australia_Migratory_Bird_Agreement) (JAMBA), the [China Australia Migratory Bird Agreement](/source/China_Australia_Migratory_Bird_Agreement) (CAMBA) and the East Asian – Australasian Shorebird Site Network. He was also involved in several international wader study expeditions in [North America](/source/North_America), [South America](/source/South_America) and [Russia](/source/Russia). Minton served the [Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union](/source/Royal_Australasian_Ornithologists_Union) (RAOU) on its Research Committee from 1980 to 1988, and as vice-president from 1989 to 1995. ==Awards and honours== * 1975 – awarded [Bernard Tucker Medal](/source/Bernard_Tucker_Medal) for services to ornithology{{cite web|url=http://www.bto.org/aboutBTO/accounts/medallists.htm|title=Medallists|date=2 June 2006|publisher=BTO|accessdate=1 December 2008}} * 1998 – elected a [Fellow of the RAOU](/source/Royal_Australasian_Ornithologists_Union_Fellows) * 2000 – awarded [John Hobbs Medal](/source/John_Hobbs_Medal) for outstanding contributions to ornithology as an amateur * 2001 – elected a Member of the [Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia) for "services to ornithology, particularly in the study of migratory wading birds in Australia"{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/878275|title=Dr Clive Dudley Thomas Minton|last=|first=|date=|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013001719/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/878275 |archive-date=13 October 2019 |access-date=13 October 2019}} * 2003 – awarded [Australian Natural History Medallion](/source/Australian_Natural_History_Medallion) * 2012 – awarded [Eisenmann Medal](/source/Eisenmann_Medal) In 2003, British ornithologist Andrew Whittaker commemorated Minton in the species epithet of the [cryptic forest falcon](/source/cryptic_forest_falcon) (''Micrastur mintoni''). To honour Minton's role in the establishment of the [Broome Bird Observatory](/source/Broome_Bird_Observatory), the [Clive Minton Discovery Centre](/source/Clive_Minton_Discovery_Centre) opened its doors on the 20 August 2021 after four years of development. The centre displays information about migratory shorebirds, with immersive soundscapes, video footage, and up-to-date scientific information. ==See also== *[List of ornithologists](/source/List_of_ornithologists) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.broomebirdobservatory.com/discovery-centre Clive Minton Discovery Centre at the Broome Bird Observatory] * Jessop, Rosalind; Graham, Doris; Collins, Peter; & Davidson, Rosemary. (2000). John Hobbs Medal 2000: Citation. Clive Dudley Thomas Minton. ''Emu'' 100: 247. * Robin, Libby. (2001). ''The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001''. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. {{ISBN|0-522-84987-3}} * Wettenhall, H. Norman. (1998). RAOU Fellow: Citation. Clive Minton MA, PhD. ''Emu'' 98: 241. {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Minton, Clive Dudley Thomas}} Category:1934 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Australian ornithologists Category:British ornithologists Category:Members of the Order of Australia Category:British emigrants to Australia Category:Australian management consultants Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:People educated at Oundle School --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Clive Minton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Minton) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Minton?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.