BirdGuides

What’s on Sponsored by the RSPB 9.30 Raffaele Di Biase Birds and wildlife of a rewilding travel experience The largest area of rewilding on Earth: birding in the route of the parks. 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 you should learn and develop. 11.00 Hannah Bourne Taylor Fledgling Discover this amazing story and meet the author afterwards, book signing to follow talk. Book signing to follow talk in N52,53 Authors Corner 11.30 John MacKinnon – BirdLife International Birding in China The new Oxford University Press edition of A Field Guide to the Birds of China. Copies of the book available on the BirdLife International Stand, 45-47 in Robin Marquee. 12.00 Jonathan C Eames – Rising Phoenix, Conserving Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary A globally irreplaceable site where Rising Phoenix is pioneering new approaches to conservation. 12.30 Delphine Morin, LPO France Birds from the French Overseas Territories Discover three endangered bird species from the French Overseas Territories and how to protect them. 13.00 Vanessa Amaral-Rogers, RSPB How our science is helping conservation at the RSPB Around 60 scientists in the RSPB Centre of Conservation Science are working on the most pressing issues across the UK and abroad. 13.30 Carlos Bethancourt Panama: a birding and nature paradise A small country with over 1,010 birds, hundreds of mammals, reptiles and amphibians along with 10,000 plants. 9.30 Dominic Couzens andGail Ashton July – a dull birding month but great for insects What to look out for during the summer doldrums. 10.00 Dr Ernest Garcia African birds in Southern Spain Climatic and anthropogenic influences on African bird colonies in Spain. 10.30 Iain Campbell Habitats of the World A field guide for birders, naturalists and ecologists. 14.00 Lizzie Bruce, RSPB Transforming Titchwell Titchwell Marsh 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, Zeiss Hen harrier ring-tail ageing and sexing simplified Hen harrier id-methods are explained and illustrated, providing a prerequisite for future sociobiological and conservation studies. 15.30 Georgina Bray & Richard Winspear, RSPB Plovers in peril Restoring lowland farmland bird populations in the UK. How wildlife NGOs have devised a six point plan to restore biodiversity on lowland farmland. 16.00 Waldyke Prince Guyana’s Birding Landscape Birding highlights and their varying amazing landscapes in Guyana. 16.30 David Philips, Naturetrek Iceland Birds, whales and volcanology; an introduction to Iceland. 17.00 Steve Lovell Scotland – Its wildlife, scenery and folklore A whistle stop tour around Scotland and its Isles. 11.00 Derek Gow The History of Beavers Thirty-minute lecture, plus a 15-minute question time session. 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 Introducing you to the very best of Scottish wildlife from orcas to Kentish glory moths. 13.30 Rob Read The art of wildlife photography WildArt Photographer of the Year competition entries and what made them stand out. 14.00 Helen Bryon Great whales of Mexico’s Pacific coast Discover the incredible wildlife found in Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. 14.30 Martin Kelsey Conservation benefits from birding For Extremadura, Spain. 15.00 Heatherlea Birdwatching Scottish birds as seen by Heatherlea Holiday photographs from the Shetlands to Mull and around the Highlands. 15.30 Francesc Kirchner Delta Birding Festival, a Birdfair on the Mediterranean Shore The most important ornithological event in Catalonia. 16.00 Marek Borkowski Pole position in birdwatching and nature protection 16.30 Paul Howden-Leach Seeing sound – identifying birdsong in pictures Methods for identifying birdsong though sonograms. 17.00 Keith Betton In search of the Gran Canaria blue chaffinch Few birds have such a tiny range and have threats like this one. Saturday 16 July Avocet Stage Plover Stage G LOBAL B IRDFAIR 2022 j 39