Dr. George Richard Potts (6 December 1939 – 30 March 2017), known as Dick, was an internationally renowned ecologist and conservationist.
[1] He was particularly affected by the Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom as it killed many birds and other wild animals on his family's farm.
[1] In 1976, Potts moved to Fordingbridge, taking on the role of Directory of Research for the Game Conservation Trust in 1977.
The project focused on mortality among grey partridge chicks and tracked among other things the populations of various invertebrates that make up the diet of these young birds.
In 1974 Dick Potts, together with entomologist Paui Vickerman, published “Studies on the Cereal Ecosystem" based on the work done in the project.