Obituaries of members that have made a significant contribution to ornithology in the county will appear in the Kent Bird Report for the year in which they passed away. These are replicated here along with obituaries of other significant or well known Kent birders.

Dave Davenport (1946-2008) by Chris Wheeler

Bob Scott (1938-2009) by Stephen Moss

Geoffrey Munns (1920-2011) by Jim Flegg

Maurice Davenport (1947-2012) by Bill Harvey

Gordon Allison (1961-2012) by Alan Johnson

George Shannon (1920-2013) by Chris Cox

Jim Allen (1915-2015) by Ian Castle

Owen Sweeney (1943-2016) by Murray Orchard

Tony Holcombe (1935-2018) by Norman McCanch

Martin Woodcock (1935-2019) by Chris Cox

Geoff Orton (1946-2020) by Murray Orchard

Michael Lane (1941-2022) by Norman McCanch

Don Taylor (1938-2023) by Andrew Henderson

Ian Hodgson (1951-2023) by Chris Cox  

Peter Oliver OBE (1939- ) by Chris Wheeler

John Tilbrook (1938-2025) by Barry Wright