Some thoughts on the 2018 Bird Fair – my lists of people

Who did you see at the Bird Fair?

Here are five lists of my sightings:

  1. People who I saw and spoke to properly (an incomplete list – partly because I can’t remember everyone and partly to preserve others’ career prospects if speaking to me might endanger them):

2. People I saw but didn’t get to talk to:

3. People who I think were at Bird Fair but I never even saw them

4. People I sometimes see at Bird Fair but didn’t see this time – were they there?

5. People I saw who don’t quite fit into any of the above categories:

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3 Replies to “Some thoughts on the 2018 Bird Fair – my lists of people”

  1. Surprised that Merricks and Cowieson dare show their faces amongst knowledgeable “normal birders” one because HOT have become an arm of the CLA and the other because they are a front for predator haters.

  2. Having been at the Bird Fair for most of the last twenty or more years, the comment above from Paul Irving is surprising. I go to the Bird Fair as I’m interested in birds, as I manage two National Nature Reserves and as I chair the Hawk and Owl Trust. It might be worth reminding Mr Irving and your readers that the strapline of the H&OT is “Working for wild birds of prey and their habitats”. There can be little doubt that working with and engaging positively with those who own and manage the overwhelming majority of raptor habitats – ie farmers and landowners, whilst at the same time condemning those who break the law, is the best way to create a better future for birds of prey.

  3. Nigel Middleton was the reason we joined HOT many many years ago.
    You are the reason we left.

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