BRISK FLOW OF STAND BOOKINGS PROVIDES SHOWS OF CONFIDENCE FOR TIM'S GLOBAL BIRDFAIR VENTURE

                                                                     

           

STAND bookings for the proposed Global Birdfair in July have been off to a flying start.

According to founder and director Tim Appleton, no fewer than nine would-be exhibitors booked - and paid for - space within the first  40 minutes of bookings being opened.

It is understood that early birds include:

* BTO

* RSPB

* Mammal Society

* Lynx Edicions

* Woodland Trust

* Butterfly Conservation

* British Birds magazine

* Chris Packham

* Dominic Dyer

* Bird Guides

* Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

* Fair Isle Bird Observatory

* PlantLife

* Swift Conservation

* Spurn Bird Observatory

* Falklands Conservation

* Eyebrook Wild Birds Food

* SEO Birdlife - Sociedad Espanola de Ornitologia.

The enthusiasm has provided  a bumper vote of confidence (and source of early cashflow) for Mr Appleton and his team who decided to launch the venture after the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust controversially pulled the plug on the long-established Birdfair held at nearby Rutland Water.

It is not known if the LRWT, or its sister trusts, will seek to take stand space at the new venture which is being held at the Rutland Showground (accommodating 13 fields over 150 acres) just outside Oakham between July 15-17.

Stand prices at Global Birdfair start at £525 for one measuring 3-metres wide by 3.6-metres deep on a grass plot within a marquee.

More details from: https://globalbirdfair.org