Christine Foord

Christine Foord (1922–2015, née McDermott) was a British entomologist and nature photographer.

McDermott, Foord was elected a Member of the South London Entomological Society in 1950, with her particular field of study being listed as butterflies ["rh" or Rhopalocera].

[4] In 1953 Foord recorded the first known occurrence on the British list of the migrant butterfly Nymphalis xanthomelas, at Shipbourne in Kent:[5] she later gave her specimen to the Natural History Museum, London.

[4][7][8] In this period Foord was documented as contributing specimens and occurrence data to the South London Entomological Society, plus organising excursions.

[13] As a couple, the Foords created an archive of around 1000 black and white negatives and 35,000 colour transparencies they had taken of plants and insects, including U.K. wildflowers:[14] they sometimes contributed their images to articles in the magazine Country Life.