Alan R. Dean is a British ornithologist[1] with a special interest in gulls and warblers.
He is a member of the West Midland Bird Club and was an assistant editor of its Annual Reports for 1975–1980.
He has published a number of identification papers in British Birds.
[2] His papers and articles on Siberian chiffchaff have been of particular note.
In 2010, the West Midland Bird Club conferred on him life membership, in recognition of his contribution to ornithology.