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Reginald Badham Lodge (10 March 1853–13 February 1937) was an English ornithologist, photographer, and painter of birds. In 1895 he received from the Royal Photographic Society the first medal ever presented for nature photography, for a photograph of a Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) incubating its eggs. Eric Hosking and Harold Lowes stated their belief that this was the first photograph of a wild bird.

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.

Lodge was friends with Oliver G. Pike and they made trips together.

Work

In 1903 he published Pictures of Bird Life: On Woodland Meadow, Mountain and Marsh, "with numerous colour illustrations from photographs from life by the author".

His works are among the National Trust Collections at member museums:

• One hundred photographs of bird life (1907) is in the library of Coleton Fishacre, Devon
• Bird-hunting through wild Europe (1908) is in the library of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire

The Dick Institute holds several of his bird paintings.

Gallery

Paintings

• Common kingfisher
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See also

• John Gould

References

1. Eric Hosking; Harold Lowes (1947), Masterpieces of Bird Photography, William Collins, Sons, p. 9, ASIN B000O8CPQK, OCLC 1547844, Wikidata Q108533626
2. Callahan, David (14 August 2014). A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408186664 – via Google Books.
3. Cox, Rosamund Kidman, ed. (2014). Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Firefly Books.
4. "Results, Lodge, Reginald Badham". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk.
5. "Lodge, Reginald Badham, 1853–1957 | Art UK". artuk.org.

• 1853 births
• 1937 deaths
• 19th-century English photographers
• 19th-century English painters
• English male painters
• English ornithologists
• Nature photographers
• Animal painters
• 20th-century English painters
• Photographers from Lincolnshire
• 19th-century English male artists