Robert 'Rob' Hume is an English ornithologist, author and journalist specialising in avian and natural history subjects.

Hume did his early birdwatching at Chasewater, Staffordshire, and was a member of the West Midland Bird Club.

He spent several years studying at Swansea University, during which time he birdwatched regularly at Blackpill and on the Gower Peninsula.

[2] He wrote and illustrated articles in the short-lived Midlands Birdwatcher quarterly magazine, five issues of which were published in late 1976 and 1977.

[3] He has led wildlife holidays in various European countries, Israel and Africa and has birded widely in Europe, in India and Sri Lanka, Australia, the Caribbean and North America.