Bill Oddie

Also known as W.E. Oddie, WEO, William Oddie, William Edgar Oddie

British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter

Person · Open Library

Works: 58

Top works

Bird Brain of Britain
Conspiracy of Ravens
Bill Oddies Birding Map of Britain/Irela
Fox, the Hound and the Human
Bill Oddie's Birding Map of Britain and Ireland

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United Kingdom
Active from: 1941

Discography

Distinctly Oddie1967
On Ilkla Moor Baht’at1970

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,378
Total plays: 5,324

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“If you report what you think is a , which actually turns out to be a funny robin, you can validly distract from your error by claiming that an aberrant robin is actually ornithologically more intriguing than a Red-flanked Bluetail.”
“The truth is, every single British reptile is somewhere in . ... They call 'em the big six. Actually, it's the fairly small, slithery six. ... It's , , s ..., (which is, in fact, a lizard) — there are two real lizards ... ... and ... ...”
“... a hundred and fifty s — that is not natural ... Very little is this garden is actually you know, on any grand scale, natural. But it is friendly.”
“I could sit and watch this sort of thing for ages — and, in fact, I do. Absolute routine — having had my breakfast down the road maybe. It's come back here, feed the birds ... and just take half an hour, often with a camera ...”
“… 84% of people in England and Wales want foxhunting to remain illegal. That’s the kind of public support most politicians only dream of.Rather than pandering to a vocal minority who want to return Britain to the dark ages of animal cruelty “for fun”, we call on all politicians not only to reject any repeal, weakening or substitution of the but also to support its strengthening and its better enforcement.”
“... in many ways, the days of conservation are, sadly, a little bit numbered ... the point I'm trying to make is ... how much wildlife has decreased or, in some cases, completely disappeared. But, the only places where our wildlife is flourishing — and this is really, more or less, all over the world — are ... s ... Managing a reserve is really just on a big scale.”