Sittich Hans von Berlepsch

Sittich Karl Rudolf Hans von Berlepsch (18 October 1857 - 2 September 1933) was a German nobleman who took an interest in bird conservation in Germany.

He introduced a wooden nest box, established an ornithological station in Seebach, and wrote a book on bird conservation in 1899.

Von Berlepsch was born in Seebach near Mühlhausen in Thuringia to Rudolf Sittig Gottlob (1825–84) and Pauline née Barthels (1837–1910).

Even as a young boy he was interested in birds and was an army officer from 1879 to 1905 travelling around Europe and also to Brazil.

He also suggested the planting of bird protection shrubs supporting these ideas in his 1899 book Der Gesamte Vogelschutz.