Steve Madge (15 January 1948 – July 2020) was a birder, author, and bird tour leader, based in Cornwall, England. He was a member of the British Birds Rarities Committee and president of the Cornwall Birdwatching and Preservation Society. He wrote three volumes in the Helm Identification Guides series - on Wildfowl, Crows and Jays and Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse, and co-authored The Handbook of Bird Identification with Mark Beaman. References 1948 births 2020 deaths British nature writers