Reginald Badham Lodge

Reginald Badham Lodge (10 March 1853–13 February 1937) was an English ornithologist, photographer, and painter of birds.

Eric Hosking and Harold Lowes stated their belief that this was the first photograph of a wild bird.

[1] His brother was bird illustrator and falconry expert George Edward Lodge.

Their father was Samuel Lodge, a canon of Lincoln Cathedral and rector of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire.

His works are among the National Trust Collections at member museums:[4] The Dick Institute holds several of his bird paintings.

Pictures of Bird Life cover
Lapwing incubating its eggs , depicting a Northern lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus ), for which in 1895 Lodge received from the Royal Photographic Society the first medal ever presented for nature photography. Eric Hosking and Harold Lowes stated their — incorrect — belief that this was the first photograph of a wild bird. However, Ottomar Anschütz had photographed wild white storks ( Ciconia ciconia ) in 1884. [ 3 ]