JANSSEN JJFJ & VLEK R (2010) Joseph Baker a British bird collector in The Netherlands in the early 19th century. LIMOSA 83 (4): 176-182.

In the 19th century several British bird collectors visited the Netherlands. The main area which drew their interest for birdnesting was the southeastern part of the province of Noord- Brabant, around the village of Valkenswaard. Among them was a taxidermist from Cambridge, Joseph Baker (1813-1893). His collecting activities from that period are discussed, as they form one of the earliest accounts of breeding birds in a particularly bird-rich area in The Netherlands. Among the bird eggs and skins that he collected are several of rare bird species which have long disappeared as breeding birds from the area and the Netherlands at large, such as Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola and Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria, Hoopoe Upupa epops, Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator and Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana.

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