Alan Lee

Alan Lee is the science and innovation programme manager at BirdLife South Africa and a leading ornithologist specialising in the ecology and conservation of South Africa’s bird communities. He holds a PhD in environmental science and has completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cape Town. Alan has authored numerous scientific papers, and was lead Editor of The Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini 2025 online; and Birds on the Brink, a book being released later this year.