What a great Bird Fair that was! I have a feeling that it was the biggest ever – because I don’t recall a year when it wasn’t (!) but I am sure that it was one of the very best. I spent a lot less time rushing from place to place and a lot more…
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Tales from the Bird Fair (2)
The very wonderful SWLA had an interesting ‘raffle’ in the art tent; you buy a ticket for £30 and you are guaranteed an original piece of artwork from those displayed on the wall (but the raffle element determines which one). It’s a good idea. Our £30 bought this Rockhopper by Darren Rees (and a signed…
Tales from the Bird Fair (1)
Several people have sent me this menu from the Barnsdale Lodge Hotel from the Bird Fair weekend. It’s up to every hotel to decide whether it wants to support the industry that attacks the RSPB, attacks Chris Packham and attacks our wildlife as well as increasing flood risk, water treatment costs and greenhouse gas emissions….
Bird Fair Day 3 – in the bag
What a great Bird Fair! But it always is. I really enjoyed Day 3 and I went to four really good talks. The first was by Claire Thompson in the Authors’ Forum and was about mindful birdwatching. This was an interesting talk and given very well. I’m really glad that I went to it…
Bird Fair Day 3
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Day 3. My plan is: 0930-1000 AUTHORS’ FORUM Claire Thompson, The Art of Mindful Birdwatching (see review here). 1000-1020 LECTURE MARQUEE 1 John Fitzpatrick of Cornell Lab for Ornithology How birds really can save the world. 1215-1300 AUTHORS’ FORUM Hugh Warwick Linescapes – remapping and reconnecting Britain’s fragmented wildlife. 1315-1400 AUTHORS’ FORUM Helen…
Bird Fair Day 2 – in the bag
I had more beer, more conversations with nice people and went to some great talks – not all the talks I had planned to attend but a good proportion of them. I missed Mark Carwardine’s talk but got to the joint effort by Chris Packham, Ruth Peacey, Ruth Tingay (of Raptor Persecution Scotland), BirdLife Malta’s…
Bird Fair 2017 – Day 1
Here we go – Day 1 Weather forecast – could get a bit blowy and maybe wet towards very end of day (glad I’m not camping – and best of luck to those who are). Plan for the day – although it will not necessarily happen… 0900 or soon after. Stand in queue even…
Bird Fair books – some books already reviewed here
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The authors’ forum at the Bird Fair is packed with good talks by authors of good books on each of the three days. Here are examples of talks by authors of books that have been reviewed here: Friday 1315-1400, Ian Newton, Farming and Birds Saturday 1415-1500,…
Bird Fair books – review – ReWild: the art of returning to nature by Nick Baker
Reviewed by Ian Carter This new book is not about the Monbiot version of re-wilding but its personal equivalent – the ‘re-wilding of the soul’ rather than the landscape. Lynx, Wolves and Beavers do get a few mentions but it is much more about what people can do to get closer to nature in everyday…
World Birding TV launches
A new international internet birding magazine, World Birding TV, has just launched. Guess what? Episode 1 includes coverage of our campaign to ban driven grouse shooting and we get the chance to see and hear Amanda Anderson looking unconvinced and sounding unconvincing. Henry is filmed at the Bird Fair and a gamekeeper finds evidence of…