Tributes
1949 - elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
1964 - awarded an OBE for services to ornithology and conservation.
1972 - awarded the RSPB Gold Medal.
1974 - Dundee University conferred a degree of LLD for his outstanding contribution.
George Waterston tried to encourage other conservationists, among them Donald Watson, the wildlife artist; the Art Gallery at Waterston House is named after him.
Two bird-related centres bear George Waterston's name:
- Waterston House, the headquarters of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club at Aberlady, East Lothian and its Local Nature Reserve
- George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum on Fair Isle
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