Dog welfare charity will be at Global Birdfair 2026 - but BTO again expected to snub Rutland event

A DOG welfare charity is this year set to take stand space at this year's Global Birdfair, the foremost social event in the UK birding calendar.

The Dogs Trust is a national organisation which, among its activities, helps to find new homes for unwanted dogs.

For it to be represented at Birdfair is a surprise development - though perhaps not as surprising as it would be if the Cats' Protection League were to book a stand.

By contrast, the BTO is again expected to snub the event because its staff are said to disapprove of the presence of overseas holiday tours companies whose activities, they insist, do more harm than good, particularly to the environment.

Given their own similar ideologies, it is not known yet if either the RSPB or the Wildlife Trusts might follow the BTO's lead.

In the run-up to Global Birdfair at Lyndon Top, Oakham, Rutland between July 10-12 ,  the organisers have released a list of the  individuals and organisations that have so far booked to take stand space:

They include some old favourites such as the African Bird Club and Naturetrek, plus some new names such as the Crossbill Guides Foundation and House Martin Conservation UK & Ireland

The list is below:

* 2by2 Holidays

* Albatross Birding and Wildlife Photography in Chile

* Abelmosaics - Raising Awareness for Critically Endangered Species

* African Bird Club

* All4birding

* Alpine Birding

* Aqua-Firma Worldwide

* Ark Expeditions

* Ashanti African Tours Limited

* Asian Adventures

* Association Biom (Birdlife Croatia)

* Atropos

* Barefoot Eco Surveys

* Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge

* Bellbird Tours

* Bespoke India Travel

* Biebrza Wildlife Trust

* Biotropica Expeditions

* Bird Observatories Council

* Birder Travel trading as Sicklebill Safaris

* Birdfinders

* Birdfy by Netvue

* Birding Haapsalu

* BirdLife Cyprus

* BirdLife International

* Birding Direct

* Birding Ethiopia Tour

* Birds Chile

* Bird's Wildlife & Nature Tours

* Birds & Nature Tours Portugal

* Birdtour Asia Limited

* Birdwatching Magazine

* Bluetail Birding

* Brazil Birding Experts

* Briggate Travel

* British Decoy & Wildfowl Carvers Association

* British Dragonfly Society

* Buseu Wild Pyrenees Nature Photography

* Butterfly Conservation East Midlands

* Button and Squirt

* Cactus Tours Madagascar

* Cairngorms National Park Authority

* Canopy Family, Panama

* Castilla y León Tourism Board

* China Bird Tour

* Clinton Banbury Illustration

* Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS)

* Cornell Lab - eBird and Merlin Bird ID

* Costa Rica Birding Board

* Crossbill Guides Foundation

* Crowartist

* Curlew Action

* D Smith Glasscraft

* Darren Woodhead

* David Tipling Wildlife Photographer 

* Discover Rutland

* Dogs Trust

* El Septimo Paraiso (Lodge & Cloud Forest Reserve)

* Embratur Brasil

* Enchanted India

* Falklands Conservation

* Falkland Island Holidays

* Falkland Islands Tourist Board

*Fauna and Flora

* Ferne Creative

* French Parcs

* Fujifilm UK

* Ganders Travel

* Gareth Watling British Bird Paintings

* Garrick Books

* Geckoman

* Global Birdfair 2026 Mural

* Global Wildlife Fair (Asian Adventures)

* Grant Arms Hotel / BWWC

* Greenpeace

* HADCO Experiences

* Hayley Jones Wire Sculptures

* Heatherlea Birdwatching Ltd

* Hebridean Adventures

* Heights Hotel

* Helen Whittle, Artist

* House Martin Conservation UK & Ireland

* Humane Wildlife Solutions

* Irene Brierton SWA - Wildlife Artist

* Jaguarundi Travel Colombia

* Jetwing Eco Holidays Pvt Ltd

* John Cox Wildlife Artist

* Jonathan Pomroy Wildlife and Landscape Artist

* Kate Cree Artist

* KS Nature Photography

* Langur Eco Travels - Bhutan

* Lawson's Birding, Wildlife & Custom Safaris

* Leicestershire and Rutland Mammal Group

* Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society (LROS)

*Letaka Safaris

* Limosa Holidays

* Livingstone African Safaris Ltd

* Lynx Nature Books (Alada Books, S.L.)

* Manakin Nature Tours

* Mark Andrews Artist

* Mongolia Quest LLC

* Nature Experience

* Naturetrek

* Nepal Nature Treks and Tours PVT

* Neophron Tours

* NHBS

* Nicky Heard Artist

* Nicola Jane Art

* Nungunungu Expeditions

* Operation Seabird

* Opticron

* Oriental Bird Club

*Oriole Birding Limited

* Ornithological Society of the Middle East, The Caucasus and Central Asia (OSME)

* Panama's Bird Team - Promtur Panama

* Park Cameras

* Partnership for International Birding

* Peak Boxes

* Planet Birdsong Foundation

* Plantlife

* Princeton Nature

* Reef and Rainforest Tours Ltd

* Richard Lewington, Wildlife Illustrator

* Rockjumper Birding Tours

* Ruth's Portraits

* Sara Budzik Studio

* SEO/BirdLife

* Secret Atlas

* Serra dos Tucanos Eco-turismo Ltda

* SpeediGimbal

* Stephen Message Art

* Swarovski Optik

* SWLA Printmaking Area

* Tasmanian Odyssey, South Australia Tourism Commission & Australian Wildlife Journeys

* The Birdway

* The Feather Lady

* The Royal Society for Wildlife Trusts

* The Society of Wildlife Artists - SWLA

* The Species Recovery Trust

* The Woodland Trust

* Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge

* Tropical Birding

* Uganda High Commission

* Uttar Pradesh Tourism

* Viking Optical Limited

* Warbler Tours

* Warwickshire Clothing

* Wild Discovery

* Wild Herz Ltd

* Wild Nature Quest

* Wild Poland

* WildArt Bird Photography Awards

* Wildbird Tours Costa Rica

* Wildlife Poland

* Wildlife Worldwide & The Travelling Naturalist

* WildSpaceGroup

* Wildwings Travel

* Woolley Wildlife

* World Pheasant Association

* WWF

* Yorkshire Coast Nature

The list will be updated as more prospective exhibitors confirm their bookings.