Professor Cabot was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and educated at Dartington Hall School, Devon, England. He attended University College, Oxford (1957-58) and completed his BA and MA at Trinity College, Dublin (1959-63). Following this, he completed his PhD at University College, Galway (1963-67).
2005-current: Writer, lecturer and ornithological researcher 1995-2004: Consultant to Ministries of Environment, Eastern Europe 1990-1994: Special advisor on environmental affairs to two Taoisigh 1988-1990: Ecological Consultant, Documentary Film Producer and Radio/TV Presenter (RTE/BBC) 1969-1988: Ecologist preparing the National Heritage Inventory and Environmental Impact Assessments at the National Institute for Physical Planning and Construction Research, Dublin
Research Interests
Population dynamics of Barnacle Geese, Cormorants, and Fulmars.
Key Publications
Tucker MA, Alexandrou O, Bierregaard RO Jr., et al. Large bird travel farther in homogeneous environments. Global Ecol. Biogeogr. 2019;00:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12875.
Cabot, D. & Goodwillie, R. (in press 2018) The Burren: a natural history. HarperCollins, London. New Naturalist Series. Volume 139. pp. 1 – 485
Wang, K., Cao, L., Fox, T., Fuller, R., Griffin, L., Cabot, D., Mitchell, K., Zhao, Y., Moon, O.K., Zhenggang, X. & Chen, L. (in press 2018). The green wave hypothesis partially explains migration of avian herbivores.
Murray, T and Cabot, D. (2015) The Breeding Status of the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo in County Wexford. Irish Naturalists’ Journal, 34 (2): 89-94.
Ogilvie, M.A., Boertmann, , Cabot, D., Merne, O., Percival, S and Sigusson, A. Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis: Greenland. In: Madsen, J., Cracknell, G., & Fox, A.D. (eds). Goose Populations in the Western Palearctic. A Review of Status and Distribution. Wetlands International Publication No. 48, Wageningen, The Netherlands. National Environmental Research Institute, Ronde, Denmark. pp 246 – 256.
University College Dublin (Barnacle Geese) – on going
National Parks and Wildlife Service (Barnacle Geese) – on going
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (Barnacle Geese – satellite tracking)
News
Seeking suitable students to eventually take over the long term monitoring and ringing/recapture programmes for fulmars and cormorants on Little Saltee Island, Co. Wexford.
Barnacle goose being released after being caught by cannon net on the Inishkea Islands, Co. Mayo. Photograph by Christian Glahder (Denmark) March 2015: L to R- David Cabot, Maurice Cassidy and Alyn Walsh