Ronald Hickling

Ronald Arthur Overton Hickling (1912 – 18 October 2006) was a British ornithologist.

Career and death
He served as president of the Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society.

He died in Rothley, Leicestershire, at the age of 93.

Publications
Books authored by Hickling include:


 * 1978 – The Birds of Leicestershire and Rutland. Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society. ISBN 0-901041-08-4
 * 1983 – Enjoying Ornithology: a celebration of fifty years of the British Trust for Ornithology, 1933-1983. Poyser:Calton. ISBN 0-85661-036-4 (editor and compiler)
 * 1988 – Birds at Gibraltar Point: a systematic list covering the years 1949 to 1987. Lincolnshire and South Humberside Trust for Nature Conservation. ISBN 0-9501420-3-4 (with Stephen Davies)
 * 1996 – James Harley: a Leicestershire Naturalist, 1801-1860. Leicestershire Museums, Arts & Records Service. ISBN 0-85022-391-1

Honours

 * 1957 – Bernard Tucker Medal of the British Trust for Ornithology
 * 1979 – Honorary Master of Science degree from Leicester University
 * 1983 – Bernard Tucker Medal of the British Trust for Ornithology