WITH Global Birdfair 2023 fast approaching, the programme of talks and presentations has now almost been completed.
There just a few details to be confirmed and a few time-slots to be filled.
Then it will be all-systems-go for the biggest event in birding's social calendar.
This is what is in store over the weekend July 14-16 at the showground outside Oakham in Rutland.
OSPREY STAGE
Friday
1000 Jonathan and Angie Scott: What price wildlife tourism - striking a balance
1100 BirdLife International & Cornell Lab: Citizen science and how it helps conservation globally
1200 Simon King: The making of Wildlife Isles
1300 Wildlife Crime Debate: Dominic Dyer, Jenna Jones, Craig Fellowes & more
1400 Nigel Marven: Hair-raising and hilarious moments while filming with Wildlife and Dinosaurs
1430 Mike Dilger: Discover Enchanted Ecuador
1500 Global Birdfair: Official Opening & Project Launch. BirdLife International presents the Global Birdfair Project with Aves y Conservacion, Ecuador
1600 Yoav Perlman: BirdLife Israel
1800 The Birders Lecture: Arjan Dwarshuis -The Big Year that flew by
1930 Ajay Tegala & Anthony Harris: A Year In Birdsong - tap your feet and join in a musical evening
Saturday
1000 Mike Dilger: My Covid Lockdown with Plants
1100 Mark Carwardine: On the Trail of the Whale
1200 Jonathan and Angie Scott: Big Cat Diary and Beyond (1977 to 2023)
1300 Simon King: The Making of Wildlife Isles
1400 Bird ID Quiz: Stephen Menzie v Merlin
1500 The Wild's Nature Room 101: Ryan Dalton with Lucy Lapwing, Hannah Bourne Taylor & Stephen Moss
1600 Birds v Bugs:Quizmaster Dominic Couzens & panellists: Mya Bambrick, Alan Davies & Mike Dilger v Gail Ashton, Nick Baker & Tim Sexton
1645 Zeiss Young Birders Awards
1800 This is Your Life: Stephen Moss presents…..
1930 The Making of Wild Isles: Insight from some of the contributors to the recent BBC TV series
Sunday
1000 Nigel Marven: Highlights of Latin America
1100 Wildlife Gardeners Question Time: Stephen Moss with Adrian Thomas, Gail Ashton, Mike Dilger, Joel Ashton
1200 Mark Carwardine: On the Trail of the Whale
1300 David Oakes with Samuel West: In conversation
1345 Tim Mackrill: Rutland Ospreys
1400 Dean Lomax & Joe Davis; The Rutland Ichthyosaur
1500 Birdhouse of Games: Mark Maddox host a quiz
AVOCET STAGE
Friday
1000 Mark Nowers: Operation Turtle Dove Project
1030 Richard Peters (Nikon): Back Garden Safari
1100 Wenceslas Gatarabirwa: Updates from the East Atlantic Flyway
1130 Ivan de Klee (Nattergal): The business case for nature recovery - Boothby Wildland, a case study
1200 David Lindo: Birding Tobago
1230 Alick Simmons: Wildlife Persecution in Britain
1300 Hannah Bourne-Taylor: The Feather Speech
1330 Manya Russo: Seabirds of the Maltese islands - threats and conservation
1400 Jeff Knott (RSPB): Why policy matters
1430 Rob Williams: Birds and people of Peru
1500 Mary Davies (RSPB): The Triumphs and trials of translocations
1530 Ian Andrews: Fair Isle Bird Observatory
1600 Dr Lee Raye: Early bird records from the Atlas of Early Modern Life
1630 Ryan Chenery: Birds of the Lesser Antilles
1700 Balazs Szigeti: Mammal safari in Europe - up to 40 species of mammals in Hungary and Slovakia from the pygmy shrew to the brown bear (and numerous bat species)
Saturday
0930 Dominic Couzens: Trials and tribulations of a Nature Writer - some personal insights into wildlife journalism
1000 Grant Reed: Birding in Botwana
1030 Rebecca Nason (Shetland Seabird Tours): Seabirds, cetaceans and photography
1100 Laura Bambini (RSPB): Safeguarding the UK’s internationally important seabird islands
1130 Kieran Lawrence: Scientific projects at Spurn Bird Observatory
1200 Lucy Haskell (BirdLife International): State of the World's Birds
1230 Mike Dilger: The very best of British wildlife
1300 Ian Cole (RSPB): Curlews in crisis
1330 Tony Thorne: Sustainable travel and birds in Guyana
1400 Alice Tribe: Investigating bird killing in Malta
1430 Jari Peltomaki (Finnature): 30 years of Finnish Nature
1500 James Bray (RSPB): Hope for Hen Harriers?
1530 Finches Friend: Disease transfer in garden feeders
1600 Holly Page: Birding in the Scottish Highlands in Autumn
1630 Tris Allinson (BirdLife International): Energy infrastructure built with birds in mind
1700 Robin Fisher: Kingfisher film
Sunday
0930 Xavier Amigo: Ecuador
1000 To be announced
1030 Peep Rooks: Looking for lynx in Estonia
1100 Rhoda Ludford / Will Bevan:How RSPB volunteers are helping save some of our most threatened species across the UK
1130 Dan Brown: Shetlands
1200 Vivek Menon
1230 Jenna Jones: Operation Seabird
1300 Jenny Weston: Egyptian Vulture Flyway Conservation
1330 Joel Ashton: Gardening for Wildlife
1400 Beltran de Ceballos: What's Going On in Doñana - are there solutions for recovery?
1430 Dr Pam Taylor: The changing fortunes of our dragonfly species
1500 Richard Winspear : Six steps to guarantee more nature on farmland
CURLEW STAGE
Friday
1000 Beltran de Ceballos: Doñana is at the worst moment in its history - are there solutions for recovery?
1030 Marek Borkowski: What to see in Poland and help its wildlife at the same time?
1100 Wildlife Kate: Creating your own Springwatch: Set-ups and filming tips for your garden
1130 Mary Colwell: Curlew Action
1200 Nigel Redman: Birds and Mammals of Malaysia and Borneo
1230 Juan Benito: Birds of the Mesozoic
1300 Richard Parsons: Bellavista Cloud Forest in NorthWestern Ecuador
1330 Kaisa Peltomaki: Evoke emotions to protect nature
1400 Lloyd Scott: Committee Against Bird Slaughter
1430 David Horwell: Galapogos - the New Edition
1500 Rob Williams: Conservation challenges and successes in northern Peru
1530 Amano Tracy: Birding Uttarakhand
1600 Chris Collins: West Pacific Odyssey - New Zealand to Japan
1630 Luis Segura: Wildlife of North-eastern Argentina
1700 Xavier Amigo: Birds of the Andean Choco region and the forthcoming South American Birdfair
Saturday
0930 Attila Steiner; Azerbaijan - the hidden gem of the Caucasus
1000 Arjan Dwarshuis: Biodiversity conservation through land acquisition
1030 Fran Tattersall: Wildlife acoustics in action
1100 Lucy Lapwing: Bird ID using birdsong
1130 Dan Brown: Islay
1200 Keith Valentine: Indonesia - Remote West Papuan Islands Cruise
1230 Mary Colwell: Curlew Action
1300 Mrs. Noa González: Brown bear conservation in Asturias
1330 Nigel Moorhouse: Japan: North to South and Back Again
1400 Rick Simpson: Waders; myths, legends and faux pas.
1430 Miranda Krestinoff: Low impact bird watching around the UK
1500 Adam Riley: Birds of South Africa
1530 Peter Lobo: North East India
1600 Vivek Menon
1630 Chris Bell: Birding in Colombia
1700 Mya Bambrick: Skyward award-winning film
Sunday
1000 Gary Albert: Birding in Sabah Malaysian Borneo
1030 Arjun Sinsinwar: Voyage across The Sundarbans, crown of the Bay of Bengal.
1100 Martin Kelsey: Extremadura’s Top Ten Birds
1130 Steve Stansfield: Bird Observatories and their work
1200 Adam Riley: Spectacular Birds of the World
1230 Mya Bambrick: 21 Wildlife Walks
1300 Speyside and Wider Highlands Wildlife
1330 Cat Davidson: Tasmania Wildlife
1400 Alfredo Carrasco: Andalucía Bird Festival - Serranía de Ronda (April 2024)
1430 Adam Riley: Birds of South Africa
1500 To be confirmed
PLOVER STAGE
Friday
1000 Tom Mason: Take your long lens wildlife photography up a notch
1030 Charles Anderson: The Solomon Islands: endemic birds & extraordinary marine life
1100 Andy Tucker: Naturetrek Colombia
1130 Yoav Perlman: Champions of the Flyway
1200 Bluetail Birding: Papua New Guinea
1230 Mohit Aggarwal: Earth Walks
1300 Serge Arias: The Remote Cocos Islands
1330 Tatianna Pongiluppi: Birding in Brazil
1400 Alison Steel: Naturetrek Japan
1430 To be announced
1500 Oriental Bird Club
1530 Quentin Phillipps: Figs and wildlife in Borneo
1600 Mark Holling: From the Archives of Rare Breeding Birds Panel
1630 Alicia Boyer: Falklands Conservation, New Island
1700 Aigas
Saturday
1000 Vaughan Ashby: Texas - Cranes, migration and the solar eclipse
1030 Michael Potts: Snow Leopards
1100 Paul Stanbury: Naturetrek Western Canada
1130 Xavi Bou: Ornithographies - the hidden beauty of bird flightpaths
1200 Zolani Frank: Tobago
1230 Jon Mason: Habitats for humans - rewilding the space around us
1300 Emma Headley: Brazil
1330 Serge Arias: Costa Rica - Birding the Hotspots
1400 Georgia Head: Naturetrek Uganda
1430 Andy Rouse: Avian jewels of Ecuador
1500 Luis Frechilla: Birding Asturias, Spain’s Natural Paradise
1530 Eleni Galinou: Birding on Lesvos island, Greece
1600 Hilda Caprice: St Lucia
1630 Boris Belchev: Wildlife photography
1700 Chris Breen Zambia – The Ultimate Safari Destination
Sunday
1000 Dick Newell: Action for Swifts
1030 Amelia Almeida: Birds and Conservation in Portugal
1100 David Philips: Naturetrek Iceland
1130 To be announced
1200 Jeremy Purseglove: Rockingham Forest Vision
1230 Nick Penny: Call of the Kingfisher, Call of the Nightingale
1300 Chris Breen: Galapagos
1330 Oliver Smart: Images Uncovered
1400 Andy Tucker: Naturetrek Birding the Andes in Ecuador
1430 Yorkshire Coast Nature: Birding in North and East Yorkshire
1500 Birda Birda
1530 Bellbird Australia
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| Plenty of space - the showground outside Oakham in Rutland |
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