James John Maitland Flegg, OBE (23 April 1937 – 7 May 2024) was a British horticulturalist, broadcaster, ornithologist and writer on bird-related matters.
Life and career
Flegg was born in Hong Kong on 23 April 1937 and was a zoology graduate of Imperial College London who spent much of his subsequent professional career working in horticulture at the East Malling Research Station. He authored a number of papers on nematodes.
Flegg died at home on 7 May 2024, at the age of 87.