David Ian "Dave" Nurney (born 28 May 1959 in Edmonton, London) is an English bird artist.
Besides his work as a graphic designer, he produced identification articles and illustrations of birds which were published in Birdwatching magazine from 1990 to 2013.
Along with long time collaborator and field trip co-leader Dominic Couzens he published a set of ten identification cards in postcard size titled ID Insights Pocket Cards: British Birds, where 131 difficult to identify British bird species are depicted.
This was based on articles from Birdwatching magazine which eventually became BIRDS-ID Insights a guide for birding beginners to difficult species- published 2013.
In addition, Nurney is a trustee of the King's Church in his hometown Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, where he occasionally organized birdwatching tours.