William Moreton Condry MA, MSc (1 March 1918 – 30 May 1998),[1] was a naturalist who was born in Birmingham, England.
[2] Like his parents, he was a pacifist, and, being a conscientious objector worked as a forester in Herefordshire during World War II.
[2] He was warden at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds's Ynys-hir reserve from its inception in 1969, until his in 1982, he and Penny having lived at Ynys Edwin cottage there since 1959 at the invitation of Hugh Mappin, the owner of the estate.
[2] He contributed, fortnightly, to The Guardian's Country Diary column for over forty years,[5] and appeared on several BBC Radio programmes.
[3] The William Condry Memorial Lecture is held annually in his honour,[5] and a hide at Ynys-hir is named after him.