Heroes and villains? People-watching is very interesting at the Bird Fair – it’s almost as much fun as birdwatching. I spotted four people at the Bird Fair over the weekend whom I regard as heroes – and none was wearing a VIP badge. Ian Newton: Professor Ian Newton OBE, FRS, FRSE is the leading British…
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Bird Fair 2013 – Day 2
Had a great day at the Bird Fair yesterday – didn’t go to a talk, hardly looked at a stand, but talked to lots and lots of people. It was easy to get in and the weather was wet, then hot, then windy – I left before the plague of locusts arrived. The main topics…
Bird Fair 2013 – Day 1
I’ve already tracked down or glimpsed 35 of the 50 people on my list for the Bird Fair, namely: Carry Akroyd, Tim Appleton, John Armitage, Nick Baker, Jessie Barry, Keith Betton, Andrew Branson, Mike Clarke, Andy Clements, Mark Cocker, Peter Cooper, Martin Davies, Steve Dudley, Robert Gilmore, Stephanie Hilborne, Ben Hoare, Mike Hodgson, Laura Kammermeier,…
Bird Fair
I started making a list of people I thought would be at the Bird Fair and I wanted to see but it got too long after: Carry Akroyd, Tim Appleton, John Armitage, Nick Baker, Jessie Barry, Keith Betton, Andrew Branson, Keith Brockie, Mike Clarke (and everyone else at the RSPB), Victoria Chester (and everyone else…
Scottish Birdfair
This weekend it’s the Scottish Birdfair and it looks like a good programme of talks and events (although the weather might not be so good on Saturday). Some have criticised the choice of venue for the event because of links between Hopetoun House and the Leadhills Estate where various dark deeds happened and others were…
Who am I, at the Bird Fair?
Or rather, what am I? As you may have picked up, I live in rural Northamptonshire, but close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders (bandit country?). I, therefore, am often crossing into neighbouring counties and passing the roadside signs which announce them. I was very fond of the old signs which announced that Northamptonshire was…
Bird Fair – the people
The Game Fair was cancelled because of rain and plagues of frogs etc but at the Bird Fair we sweltered in the sun – does that tell us anything about how the weather gods see us? Probably not. I felt that there were noticeably fewer people than usual around on all three days but Tim…
Bird Fair Day 2 – time to buy for Christmas
Phew! What a scorcher! I mean, of course, the weather although these four ladies from Froglife, who’d like to collect your wildlife memories, might get a similar response. In a sea of blokes (yes, like me), in jeans (yes, like me), it’s nice to see some people have made the effort! …
Bird Fair day 1 and bits and pieces
Bird Fair: I met some really nice people yesterday and some of them were buying my book Fighting for Birds. Lots of Twittery and Bloggy people introduced themselves and it is really nice to put a face to a Twitter name. For example, it was nice to meet @ValGall and even nicer to read on…
Bird Fair tomorrow, and tomorrow’s tomorrow and tomorrow’s tomorrow’s tomorrow
I’m really looking forward to the Bird Fair – I always do. This year looks as though it will be busier than ever for me as I am giving a talk and doing lots of book signings at various stands across the three days. But I know that the time will also be spent chatting…