ON THIS DAY IN 1928, TRAGEDY ENDED LIFE OF SCOTTISH BIRDWATCHER ANNIE MEINERTZHAGEN

 

This Kindle e-book explores what happened on that fateful morning

IN the 1920s, pistol-shooting was an unusual pastime - especially among women.

Annie Meinertzhagen was no ordinary woman.

A mother-of-three, she fitted in her maternal responsibilities with a life of travel, of photography and of science, in particular ornithology.

But she was also a gun enthusiast, an ace shot, who, along with her husband, Richard, enjoyed target shooting with a revolver.

After breakfast on the morning of  July 6, 928, the couple decided to while away an hour or two shooting in the grounds of Swordale House, their out-of-London country retreat in the Scottish Highlands.

Once she had set foot outside this grand house on that fateful summer's day, Annie was never to return.

Or, to put it more accurately, never to return alive. At 11am or soon thereafter, she was dead.

A single gunshot had claimed her life.

In no more than a split second, three children had lost their mother. A husband had lost his wife.

What sort of a woman was Annie? What sort of a man was Richard? And, crucially, what happened on that fateful morning?

These questions are explored in Tragedy at Swordale - The Mysterious Death of Scottish Birdwatcher Annie Meinertzhagen.

It is currently only available as a Kindle e-book.

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WE MUST 'DO RIGHT BY NATURE' INSISTS M&S CHAIRMAN AT TODAY'S ANNUAL MEETING

                                                                            

Archie Norman addresses today's meeting which was held over the internet

FARMERS who supply produce to M&S stores must be committed to the welfare of wildlife and the environment.

At today's annual meeting of the retailer, chairman Archie Norman insisted: "It is important to do right by Nature."

Of the company's 959 stores across the UK, 615 sell only food.

During the meeting, which covered a range of topics, there was a reference to the conflict in Ukraine.

On principle, M&S has ceased supplying to its former franchisee in Russia, thereby taking a significant financial hit.

Of its 10 stores in  Ukraine, six are continuing to trade despite the ongoing conflict.

 

THREE DAYS OF FASCINATING TALKS LINED UP FOR GLOBAL BIRDFAIR AT RUTLAND SHOWGROUND

                                          

The showground - all set for Global Bird Fair (photo: Discover Rutland)

A FASCINATING schedule of talks has been lined up for Global Birdfair at Rustland Showground, Oakham, between July 15-17.

These will be held in three separate lecture theatres - Avocet, Curlew and Plover.

The programme is below. 

AVOCET

Friday 15 July

9.30  Dominic Couzens:  July - A dull Birding Month?

10.00 Steve Lovell: From Clowns to Cuckoos. A personal account of Nature living in a Covid world

10.30 Jan Stannard:  How rewilding helps birds

11.00 Siobhan Vye: Albatross, Rockhopper Penguins and Blue Whales.  Marine Conservation on the world's most remote inhabited island - Tristan da Cunha

11.30 Aaron Russ: Birding the remote islands of Melanesia

12.00 Carles Carboneras:  Turtle Dove.  Evidence for a Hunting Moratorium in 2022.          Unsustainable hunting of 1 million Turtle Doves every year is known to have contributed to   its population decline in the Western Flyway

12.30 Ed & James Harrison:  Soaring into Extinction: The Endangered Albatross

13.00 Mark Thomas: Birds of Buckton - there’s more to the patch than a Green Warbler!

13.30 Jeremy Purseglove: Rockingham Forest Vision is a conservation initiative in Northants, re-establishing links between ancient woods

14.00  Chris Bowden: Have we saved Asian Vultures Yet? How 25 partners of "Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction" (SAVE) are helping to achieve exactly that.

14.30 David Tipling:  The art of photographing Britain's wildlife in black & white

15.00  Wenceslas Gatarabirwa:  Protecting a Global Migration Highway from Iceland to South Africa. The Uk sits at the heart of the East Atlantic Flyway  welcoming both winter and summer visitors.

15.30  Jonathan C Eames:  Conserving Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary

16.00  Georgina Bray & Richard Winspear: Restoring lowland farmland bird populations in the UK. How nine wildlife NGOs have devised a six-point plan to restore biodiversity on lowland farmland

16.30  Rob Willams: Chaparri - 20 years of community conservation. The first private conservation area in Peru celebrates 20 years of community-owned conservation and ecotourism

17.00  Kerrie Porteous, Naturetrek:  Slovenia - birds, bears and botany

Saturday 16 July 

9.30 Raffaele Di Biase: A rewilding travel experience

10.00  Ruth Miller:  Birdwatching - not just a man's world!  America, Patagonia to Colombia

10.30 Carl Downing:  Introduction to Wildlife Photography.  What gear you should consider and the basic technical skills.

11.00   Hannah Bourne Taylor: Fledgling. The Author talks about her book.

11.30   John MacKinnon:  Birding in China

12.00  Jonathan C Eames: Conserving Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary

12.30  Delphine Morin: Birds of the French Overseas Territories

13.00 Vanessa Amaral-Rogers: How our science is helping conservation at the RSPB.  Around 60 scientists in the RSPB Centre of Conservation Science working on the most pressing issues across the UK and abroad

13.30  Carlos Bethancourt:  Panama: A Birding & Nature Paradise. A small country with more than 1,010 bird species, hundreds of mammals, reptiles & amphibians along with 10,000 plant species.

14.00  Lizzie Bruce: How Titchwell Marsh in Norfolk has been restored to improve the fortunes of wetland wildlife 

14.30  Richard Parsons:  Ecuador´s cloud forests: the cradle of biodiversity!  Travels down the Northwestern cloud forests through different elevations with different birds at each elevation

15.00 Dr Gerold Dobler:  Hen Harrier ring-tail ageing and sexing simplified

15.30  Wynona Legg: RSPB's Plovers in Peril partnership, funded by the Borough Council of Kings Lynn & West Norfolk, supported by Natural England

16.00 Waldyke Prince: Guyana's Birding Landscape

16.30  David Philips, Naturetrek: Iceland -  Birds, whales and volcanology

17.00 Steve Lovell: Scotland - Its Wildlife, Scenery and Folklore 

Sunday 17 July 

10.00  Fay Smith:  Eyebrook Wild Bird Feed -  A look at bird life and conservation work at the award winning Rectory Farm

10.30  Ed and James Harrison - Shining a Light on Extinction.  Species across the globe are disappearing. As brothers and creative collaborators, this duo are on a mission to protect endangered animals through our interactive art.

11.00  Vanessa Amaral-Rogers, RSPB.  How science is helping conservation at the RSPB.  Around 60 scientists in the RSPB Centre of Conservation Science working on the most pressing issues across the UK and abroad.

11.30  Antonio Navarro.  Iberian Lynx Conservation through Photography in Penalajo. How to protect the Iberian Lynx in Sierra Morena.

12.00  Wynona Legg, RSPB. The charity's Plovers in Peril partnership, funded by the Borough Council of Kings Lynn & West Norfolk, supported by Natural England.

12.30  Dr Charles Anderson. Marinelife, Komodo Dragons, volcanic scenery, and plenty of birds, around Indonesia’s Komodo National Park

13.00  Martin Beaton. A lively illustration of the diversity of bird life in the Falkland Islands - and Penguin pictures!

13.30   Sam Wootton, RSPB.   Willow Tits - Results from the first national survey of the fastest declining resident bird in the UK.

14.00  Sara Frost. St Kilda.  A voyage to one of the most breathtaking corners of the British Isles with Sara Frost from Naturetrek

14.30  Jeremy Purseglove.  Rockingham Forest Vision is a conservation initiative in Northants, re-establishing links between ancient woods

15.00  Jan Stannard. Rewilding and birds: stories, facts and fiction

15.30  Kieran Lawrence.  Low Carbon Birding, The Spurn Edition.  Summarising climate change impacts on migration, and Spurn as an alternative holiday destination

CURLEW

Friday 15 July

09.30 Edson Moroni Vicente Cardoso Marques. The Pantanal is one of the main ecosystems in Brazil, a destination to discover the richness of birds and a memorable experience to search for jaguars

10.00  Martin Hughes-Games. How we can help curb disease spread via feeder contact

10.30 Bret Charman. South Luangwa - A photographers paradise. Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park is one of Africa’s finest wildlife hotspots and a  photographer’s dream destination!

11.00 Roger Safford, BirdLife International.The Lost Birds. A rundown of these mysterious species, their discoveries, where they arere found and what it means for conservation. 

11.30 Balázs Szigeti. Snow Leopards and the spectacular wildlife in Mongolia 

12.00 Dr Stuart Butchart, BirdLife International.''Canaries in the coalmine’- what birds tell us.

12.30 Birdwatching in Azerbaijan. Talking about potential, the main bird species and the main  birdwatching areas to visit in Azerbaijan

13.00 Richard Peters. Secrets to successful wildlife photography.

13.30 Paul Hackett. Phonescoping. How to take pictures and video with phone and 'scope 

14.00 Jari Peltomäki. Finland´s colorful autumn.

14.30 Tonia Cochran. Iconic Australian birds and mammals.

15.00 Attila Steiner. Every season promises spectacular birding in Hungary! The national parks of Hungary: Hortobágy, Kiskunság, Bükk, Zemplén.

15.30 Luke Massey, Sony. Notes From Wild Finca.Turning an old cattle farm into a wildlife oasis and documenting it with Sony cameras.

16.00 Andy Tucker.Wildlife of Peru

16.30 Lloyd Scott. Committee Against Bird Slaughter

17.00 Luis Segura. Wildlife of Southern Patagonia

Saturday 16 July

09.30 Mark Thomas. Birds of Buckton

10.00 Mati Kose. Wildlife in Estonia.

10.30 Kerrie Porteous. Highlights of the Swiss Alps

11.00 Kate Mennie. Scotland's Top 20 Species - from Ptarmigan to White-tailed Eagles. 

11.30 Massimiliano Biasioli.  A Year in the Wild Arctic

12.00 Rick Simpson. Wader Passion

12.30 How searching for endemic birds in Panama led to rainforest conservation and 56 new species

13.00 Phil Espin.The Lincolnshire Bird Trail. The new Birds of Lincolnshire book and Bird Trail means it's time to visit Lincolnshire.

13.30 Mohit Aggarwal.Western tourists influencing Birding in India.

14.00 Joe Davis. Discovery of the Rutland sea dragon.

14.30 Harry Munt. Rewilding, one sparrow at a time. How conserving this unassuming, small bird could make big changes in conservation.

15.00 Alejandro Valenzuela. Destinations and birdwatching in Quito

15.30 Tom Mason, Nikon. Why you need binoculars in wildlife photography.

16.00 Alberto Bosque Coello. Ecotourism in Castilla y León, Spain 

16.30 Michael Webster. The Condor's Feather. Inspirational stories about travelling wild in South America, Patagonia to Colombia.

17.00 Luis Eduardo Urueña. Conserving a Harpy Eagle Nesting area in Colombia

Sunday 17 July

09.30 Mike Alibone, Optics Editor, Birdwatch Magazine. An Insight into Birding Optics

10.00 BirdLife International/Amigos de la Janda. La Janda. The Global Birdfair2022 Project

10.30 Bret Charman: Journey to two of Europe’s finest bear watching locations - Finland’s boreal forests and the Dinaric Alps in Slovenia.

11.00 Emma Healey. A different perspective.Emma explains how to bring the tiny universe of insects, flowers and fauna to life with a macro lens.

11.30 Ollie Metcalf, British Birds. Overland migration of Common Scoter.

12.00 Jonathan C Eames. Conserving Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary

12.30 Kevin Shaw. Scottish Birds

13.00 Luke Massey, Sony. Notes From a Wild Finca. Turning an old cattle farm into a wildlife oasis and documenting it with Sony cameras

13.30 Tom Mabbett. Wildlife of the Alladale Estate, north of Inverness, Scotland

14.00 Paul Hackett. Phonescoping. The basics 

14.30 Eleni Galinou. Birding on Lesvos Island, Greece.

15.00 Carlos Bethancourt. Panama: A Birding  Paradise 

15.30 Adam Riley. The Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater

16.00 Vanessa Palacios. Why a World Birdfairs Council?  

PLOVER

Friday 15 July

09.30 Richard Peters. Back Garden Safari.

10.00 Gary Albert. Birding in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

10.30 Dr Charles Anderson. Raja Ampat in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago

11.00 Bennett Hennessey. World Land Trust. Birdwatching Bolivia.

11.30 Kate Mennie. SWcotland's wildlife - from Ptarmigan to White-tailed Eagles. T

12.00 Kieran Lawrence. Low Carbon Birding, The Spurn Edition. Summarising climate change impacts on migration and Spurn as an alternative holiday destination

12.30 Tohar Tal. Raptor migration in the Batumi bottleneck

13.00 Alfredo Scott. Quetzal's, birders and farmers, win-win story

13.30 Boris Belchev. Lithuania. 

14.00 Helen Bryon. Wildlife of the Pantanal

14.30 Craig Jones. Best of British.Witness some of the amazing wildlife we have here in the UK with my talk that celebrates all that is beautiful in our British countryside.

15.00 Mohit Aggarwal. Bird-centric ecotourism in Indian Himalayas

15.30 Richard Porter. Birding in a War Zone

16.00 Ana Paula Oxom. Guatemala Birding.

16.30 Arjun Sinsinwar. Secrets of the Sundarbans - the world’s largest mangrove forest.

17.00 Adam Riley. Showcasing some of Adam’s favourite bird photos coupled with stories of his   adventures in finding them.

Saturday 16 July

09.30 Dominic Couzens & Gail Ashton.  July  - A dull birding month but great for insects

10.00 Dr Ernest Garcia. African Birds in southern Spain. Relating historical, recent and ongoing colonisations and vagrancies of African bird species to climatic and anthropogenic influences.

10.30 Iain Campbell. Habitats of the World. A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists and Ecologists

11.00 Derek Gow. The History of Beavers

12.00 Project Representative, La Janda. The Global Birdfair Project

12.30 Jonathan Mullard. The Welsh New Naturalists. Birds, books and illustrators - the seven Welsh regional volumes of the Collins New Naturalist series.

13.00 Dan Brown. Scotland - World Class Wildlife

13.30 Rob Read. The Art of Wildlife Photography

14.00 Helen Bryon. Great Whales of Mexico's Pacific Coast.

14.30 Martin Kelsey. How conservation benefits from birding in Extremadura, Spain 

15.00 Kevin Shaw. Scottish Birds.

15.30 Francesc Kirchner. Delta Birding Festival. The most important ornithological event in Catalonia that annually contributes to bird conservation projects

16.00 Marek Borkowski. Poland's birds

16.30 Paul Howden-Leach. A whistlestop tour of methods for identifying bird song though sonograms

17.00 Keith Betton. In search of the Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch

Sunday 17 July

09.30 Peter Howe. Camera Satellite Tags - The Next Generation. A Project aiming to use cutting edge technology to combat those persecuting birds of prey

10.00 Adams Toussaint. The Status and Conservation of Saint Lucia Forest Birds.

10.30 Tom Mason, Nikon. Photographic advice for beginners on where to find wildlife, how to get close to your subjects and more

11.00 Ruth Miller. Birdwatching - not just a man's world! A lighthearted celebration of birdwatching and the role women have played within it

11.30 Aaron Russ.Birding New Zealand's Sub-Antarctic Islands

12.00 Helen Bryon. Discover the Kalahari desrt

12.30. Neil Aldridge Stepping from photography to videography.

13.00 Craig Jones. Best of British. Witness some of the amazing wildlife we have here in the UK with my talk that celebrates all that is beautiful in our British countryside.

13.30  Steve Lovell. Lincolnshire - A Naturalist's Paradise 

14.00  Rick Simpson. Wader Passion

14.30 Mark Evans. The Rutland Icythyosaur.

15.30 Martin Kelsey. How conservation benefits from birding in Extremadura, Spain

16.00 Michael Webster. The Condor's Feather. Inspirational stories about travelling wild in South America, Patagonia to Colombia.

PEARL OF AN IDEA - INTRODUCED OYSTERS COULD HELP REDUCE HUMBER ESTUARY POLLUTION

Seagrass (pictured) and saltmarsh are precious to the welfare of the planet

 

HALF a million oysters are to be introduced to the Humber Estuary as part of a 'biodiversity' project.

It is hoped the activities of the creatures will filter and improve water quality and create 'biogenic reefs' - accumulations of living creatures.

Some 95 per cent of native oyster reefs have disappeared from the Humber since the early 1900s.

The intiative is a partnership between Danish offshore energy giant Ørsted, which has an important hub in Grimsby, the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.

As part of the same £2.5-million scheme, Ørsted will plant three hectares of saltmarsh and four hectares of seagrass.

The proposal has been welcomed by UK Environment Minister Rebecca Pow (pictured) who says:

"We are committed to developing schemes that work alongside the recovery of natural habitats.                                

"Climate change and biodiversity loss are significant challenges, and I welcome the commitment Ørsted is making." 

The Humber Estuary’s conservation status has recently been downgraded due to pollution and loss of habitat.

Although, the saltmarsh outside Cleethorpes on the Humber south bank has extended in recent years, it is rapidly declining elsewhere as a result of rising sea levels and land development across the UK encroaching on coastal areas.

It is hoped that 'rewilding' and reintroducing native species will help restore the estuary and play a vital role in addressing climate change.

In a similar way to trees absorbing carbon from the air, seagrass absorbs carbon from water - and does so at a rate 35 times faster than tropical rainforests. 

Saltmarsh is also incredibly efficient at capturing and storing large quantities of carbon and provides feeding and breeding habitat for wading birds such as curlew, redshank and snipe.                                         

Redshank feeding on Cleethorpes saltmarsh

Nature-based solutions can play an important role in adaptation to climate change and addressing issues such as flood risks.

Paul Learoyd, Chief Executive of Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, comments: "After spending time over recent years working with partners across the Humber to identify priorities for the estuary and its hinterlands, we ares extremely pleased to take forward this work with Ørsted and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. 

"The lessons from this work could see large-scale restoration across our North Sea, and beyond."

Agrees Rachael Bice, Chief Executive of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust: "Through this collaboration, we aim to  help reverse decades of damage to the ecosystems of the Humber Estuary - we can’t wait to share the results in the coming years."

Closer to home, Ørsted is also working alongside World Wildlife Fund Denmark to improve the conditions for cod and other marine organisms in the Kattegat strait between Denmark and Sweden.

It is also attempting to growing corals on offshore wind turbine foundations in Taiwan.

 

IS DAILY TELEGRAPH REPORT AMUSING? OR DEPRESSING? OR BOTH?

 

MORE THAN 200 EXHIBITORS SET TO TAKE STAND SPACE AT GLOBAL BIRDFAIR 2022

                                       

THE countdown is on for Global Birdfair at the Rutland Showground in Oakham between July 15-17, 2022. 

Below is the list of more than 200 exhibitors who have already confirmed that they will be taking stands at the event.

However, it seems none of the county wildlife trusts will be represented following a spat between organiser Tim Appleton and previous Birdfair hosts, the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. 

Optical Equipment Exhibitors

Benro

Canon

German Precision Optics

Hawke

Kite Optics

Leica - Sponsor

Nikon

Newpro UK - Vortex

Olympus

Opticron

Park Cameras - Sponsor

Sony - Sponsor

Sigma Imaging UK

Swarovski Optik - Sponsor

Transcontinenta UK Ltd including

Bushnell

Peak Design

Tamron

Tenba

Viking Optical - Main Optical Sponsor

Zeiss - Sponsor

Other exhibitors in alphabetical order are as follows:

2by2 Holidays

Action for Swifts

African Bird Club

Alcedo Wildlife Tours - Boris Belchev

Alexia Claire Limited

Alison Ingram Art

Alyssa Robinson Textiles

All India Birding Tours

Andalucia Bird Society

Andalucia Tourism Board

Anglian Water

Asian Adventures

Aigas Field Centre

Asturias Tourist Board

Atropos Books

Australian Birdwatching

Ayuntamiento de Noja

Ayuntamiento de Noja

Azerbaijan Tourism Board

BBC Wildlife Magazine

Bird Club

Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge

Bellbird Tours, Australia

Bill Bolton Illustration

Bird Nuts

Bird Tour Asia

Bird’s, Wildlife & Nature

Birds Chile

Birda

Biebrza Wildlife Trust, Poland

Birdfinders

Birdguides

BirdLife International

Birdwatching Magazine

Bloomsbury Publishing

Bluetail Birding

Blue Sky Wildlife

BRANTA TOURS-Specialist in the Authentic East

British Birds

British Bulgarian Society

British Decoy & Wildfowl Carvers Association

British Dragonfly Society

Brockleby's Pies

Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism

Bush Trucker Tours

Butterfly Conservation

Calluna Books

Canopy Towers

Castilla y Leon Ecotourism

Catalan Tourist Board

Champagne Birds, Artist

Clinton Banbury Illustration

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Country Innovation

Crane's Cape Travel

Crow Artist

Cuba Birding Tours

Darren Woodhead Artist

David Finney Artist

David Lindo - The Urban Birder

David Tipling - his amazing Shoveler photo is our Event image

Discerning Journeys India

Duncan Smith Glass Craft

Ecotours Wildlife Holidays - Balazs Szigeti

Enchanted India

Estonian Tourist Board

Extremadura, Spain

Eyebrook Wild Bird Feeds

Fair Isle Bird Observatory

Falkland Islands Holidays

Falklands Conservation

Falkland Islands Tourist Board

Farakunku Lodges The Gambia

Finches Friend Nature

Finnature

Frances Daunt, Artist

From the Notebook Ltd, Produce

Gareth Watling British Bird Paintings

Gazelle Crafts

Grant Arms Hotel

Green Castle Estate, Jamaica

Greenspaces Nature

Greentours

Greenwings Wildlife Holidays

Guyana Tourism Authority

Haapsalu Birding Tarvo Valker

Hambleton Bakery

Heal Rewilding

Heatherlea Birdwatching

Helen Whittle, Artist

Hellenic Ornithological Society - BirdLife Greece

Heritage Expeditions

Iceland Birding

Inala Nature Tours Ltd

Incredible Birding

Inglorious Bustards

International Crane Foundation

Jennie McCall Artist

John Gale Art

Jonathan Latimer and Nigel Buckles, Artists

Jonathan Pomroy, Artist

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

Julie Wilson Sculpture

Lawson's Birding, Wildlife & Custom Tours

Limosa Holidays

Lincolnshire Bird Club

Livingstone Safaris

Local Swift Network

Lotus Bakery, Produce

Irene Brierton, Artist

LPO France - Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux

LROS - Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society

Lynn Hazel ~ British Wildlife Sculptor

Lynx Edicions

MacWet Limited

Manakin Tours

Michael Potts Photographic

Mike Langman - Artist

Multum Gin Parvo, Produce

Mythic Hippo Photography

National Parks of Greece

NHBS (Natural History Book Service)

Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest

Naturetrek

Neophron Tours

Neotropical Bird Club - Neotropical Birding & Conservation

Mr Tracy Newman & Oswaldo Merchor, Artists

Oriental Bird Club

Oriole Birding

OrnithologicalSociety of the Middle East, The Caucasus and Central Asia

Pandion Books

Pandion Wild Tours

Paradise Promotions

Partnership for International Birding

Paramo Clothing

Planet Birdsong

Plantlife

Princeton Nature (incorporating WildGuides & Wild Nature Press)

ProColombia

Rare Bird Alert

Reef and Rainforest

Richard Allen & Jan Wilczur, Artists

Richard Lewington Art

Rockjumper Birding Tours

RSPB 

Rutland Bookshop

Sabah Tourism Board

Sam Veasna, Cambodia

Sandra Vick Artist

Sarus Tours

Save The House Sparrow

SEO, BirdLife Spain

Seriema Nature Tours

Serra dos Tucanos Birding

Simpson Brothers Outdoors

Skua Nature

Smart Images - Oliver Smart

Society of Wildlife Artists

Southern Sky Adventures

Spanish Tourist Office

Speyside Wildlife

Spurn Bird Observatory

Stephen Message Art

Sunbird Images

Suzanne Perry Art

Tadorna Tours

Taiwan Tourism Board

Tasmanian Odyssey Ltd

The Feather Lady

Tivat Tourism Organisation, Montenegro

The Earth Trip

The Imaging Warehouse

The Whale and Dolphin Company

Tony Feld Paintings

Tragopan

Tranquilo Bay Lodge

Trogon Tours

Tropical Birding

Turisme Comunitat Valenciana

Trymwood Studios

Under the Skin

Venture Uganda

VIGT India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka

Vine House Farm Feeds

Wader Quest

Wildcare

Wild Discovery

Wild Echo

Wild Herzegovina

Wild Sounds and Books

Wild Your Garden - Joel Ashton

Wildbird Tours Costa Rica

Wildfoot Travel

Wildlife Acoustics Inc

Wildlife Hides

Wildlife Poland

Wildlife Worldwide & The Travelling Naturalist

Wildwatching Spain

Wildwings

Woodland Trust

World Land Trust

World Wildlife Fund

Yorkshire Nature Coast

* Ticket information is at:

https://globalbirdfair.org/.

WHAT AN UNUSUAL PLACE FOR 'NATURE RESERVE' - OUTSIDE GRIMSBY FIRE STATION

                                                            

Plaudits to the team at Humberside Fire and Rescue Service's HQ off Peaks Lane in Grimsby.  On one of the walls they have installed bird nestboxes, while, outside, they have created a wildflower meadow, complete with its own bee hive.  The question is: When will they be selling their own honey?