#Birdfair 2025 - a smaller event with greater emphasis on high-carbon holidays
Number of stands | 2018: 396 | 2025: 298
Stands for tourism for every stand for conservation orgs orni/birding societies
2018: 3 to 1
2025: 4 to 1
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Key conservation / research orgs present in 2019 but absent in 2025
National Trust
WWT
BTO
RSPB has a stand for international branch (RSPB International) but not for the organisation as a whole.
Also absent: British Birds
lowcarbonbirding.net/2025/02…
I address here two further arguments made by Stephen Moss regarding the funding generated by Birdfair for conservation projects & the importance of the event as a meeting place for the conservation movement & the birding world. #GlobalBirdfairlowcarbonbirding.net/2025/02…
Are you a patch birder in the UK? Would you like to participate in a research project about patch birding? The project focuses on environmental change, well-being, low-carbon birding, and new technologies. Find out more here. @PatchBirding@BirdingClimateandrewjwhitehouse.wordpress.…