BirdGuides

Friday 15 July What’s on Sponsored by the RSPB 9.30 Dominic Couzens July – A dull birding month? How to go birding through the summer doldrums. 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 Rewilding and birds: stories, facts and fiction. 11.00 Siobhan Vye, RSPB 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 Set sail on a journey of discovery through a world of tropical islands and rare endemics. 12.00 Carles Carboneras, RSPB Turtle dove – evidence for a hunting moratorium in 2022 Unsustainable hunting of one million turtle doves every year is known to have contributed to its population decline in the western flyway. 12.30 Ed and James Harrison, Under the Skin Soaring into extinction: the endangered albatross As brothers and wildlife artists, we’re on a mission to protect this seabird with The Albatross Task Force. 13.00 Mark Thomas Birds of Buckton There’s more to the patch than a green warbler! 13.30 Jeremy Purseglove Rockingham Forest Vision Rockingham Forest Vision is a conservation initiative in Northants, re-establishing links between ancient woods. 14.00 Chris Bowden, RSPB Have we saved Asian vultures yet? Hear how 25 partners of ‘Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction’ (SAVE) are helping to achieve exactly that. 14.30 David Tipling Wild Britain in Mono The art of photographing Britain’s 9.30 Richard Peters Back Garden Safari Unique and interesting wildlife photography secrets and inspiration for photographing wildlife in your own garden. 10.00 Gary Albert Birding in Sabah Malaysian Borneo Endemic hotspots, top-class facilities, parks, forest reserves and bird guides. 10.30 Dr Charles Anderson Raja Ampat: whales, Wilson’s and Wallace Birds-of-paradise, cetaceans, coral reefs and Alfred Wallace in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago. 11.00 Bennett Hennessey, World Land Trust Birdwatching Bolivia, South America Bennett’s 27 years in Bolivia will take us on a tour of this diverse country. wildlife in black and white courtesy OM Digital Solutions GMBH. 15.00 Wenceslas Gatarabirwa, RSPB 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, Rising Phoenix Conserving Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary A globally irreplaceable site where Rising Phoenix is pioneering new approaches to conservation. 16.00 Georgina Bray and Richard Winspear, RSPB Simple recipe to restore lowland farmland bird populations in the UK Hear 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 Kerrie Porteous talks us through a summertime visit to this beautiful country nestled in central Europe. 11.30 Kate Mennie Scotland’s Top 20 Species Discover iconic wildlife and habitats, from ptarmigan to white-tailed eagles. 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 On the Batumi raptor count, a typical migration season, and counting over one million raptors. 13.00 Alfredo Scott Quetzals, birders and farmers, win-win story Farmers protect quetzals and turn farms into tourist attractions. 13.30 Boris Belchev Lithuania – a new exciting destination Discover this exciting, small Baltic country with 403 bird species including aquatic warbler. 14.00 Helen Bryon Wildlife of the Pantanal Jaguar, giant river otter and flamboyant birdlife in the Pantanal ecosystem. 14.30 Craig Jones Best of British Celebrating our British countryside. 15.00 Mohit Aggarwal Bird-centric ecotourism in Indian Himalayas Looking at the shift from hunting to conservation through tourism. 15.30 Richard Porter Birding in a war zone 16.00 Ana Paula Oxom Guatemala birding travel Highlights and update Key species, volcanoes, vistas and culture – it just gets better! 16.30 Arjun Sinsinwar Secrets of the Sundarbans The Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest and unique ecosystem. 17.00 Adam Riley, Rockjumper Birding Ethiopia The incredible birding, wildlife and cultural destinations of Ethiopia. Avocet Stage Plover Stage 36 j G LOBAL B IRDFAIR 2022