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2025 Event Highlights - more below
Global Birdfair donates US$140,000.00 to BirdLife
We are delighted to announce the amount for this year's Global Birdfair conservation project Safeguarding Ocean Species is US$140,000.00. That is over £105,000.00 being used to support the challenging work carried out by the BirdLife Pacific region team.
Many thanks to everyone who helped this happen.
More Global Birdfair Art heads for Vanuatu
Jackie Murray holding her piece of textile art which will be on display in Vanuatu
Plastic is one of the biggest pollution threats to our oceans. This abstract landscape is a
hand dyed and hand stitched artwork made using only plastic materials. The colourful background is
constructed entirely from wet-wipes dyed with synthetic acrylic dyes, and the thread is polyester.
The shoreline scene includes some real shells and these are woven in using plastic found on the
strandline of a nature reserve – showing that nowhere is safe from plastic pollution.
The edging border is a woven plastic feed sack and the piece backed with polyester fabric and a
polyester wadding.
About the Textile Artist
Jackie Murray is known by many as the Volunteer Coordinator for Global Birdfair.
However, she is also a talented textile artist well known for her naturally dyed and natural fabric wall
hangings. Her work is usually inspired by the natural world and has a poignant conservation message.
Jackie has shown her work in UK and in international textile art and quilting exhibitions for many years.
More on the Global Birdfair YouTube/Podcast Channel
Discover more about this year's Mural with artist John Cox
Discover more about this year's Mural with artist John Cox
Discover more about this year's Mural with artist John Cox
John Cox describes the collaborative process of painting birds on the BirdFair murals, as well as sharing his back story and explaining the seabird conservation theme of this year's BirdFair
Artist Edition - Mural Painting with John Cox
Discover more about this year's Mural with artist John Cox
Discover more about this year's Mural with artist John Cox
Insider’s stories from the Global BirdFair.
Learn about careers in conservation from an incredible diversity of film makers, photographers, TV presenters, ecologists, educators, authors, tour guides and volunteers.
Featuring Simon King, Nigel Marven, Mike Dilger, Nick Baker, Mary Colwell, Megan McCubbin, Martin Harper, Roy Dennis, Tim Mackrill, Tim Appleton and many others.
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Podcasts recorded live at Global Birdfair now released
The Plodcast - Episode 316
This week we return to the Global Birdfair, held in summer at Rutland every year. Hear two inspiring conservation stories: the first interview is with Stephanie Borrelle who works with Birdlife International to conserve seabirds such as albatrosses in the Southern Hemisphere.
Into the Wild Nature Room 101
Nature Room 101 LIVE at Global Birdfair featuring Megan McCubbin, Mary Colwell & Simon King
Nerds, we've never been more serious than when we say, "strap, your, self, in!!"
In Your Nature - Falkland Islands
In Your Nature - Falkland Islands
In Your Nature returns with a captivating new episode recorded live from Global BirdFair 2025, where Niall Hatch is joined by two seasoned nature guides with deep ties to the Falkland Islands—Andy Pollard, a Falklands native and expert birder, and Martin Anstee, a conservationist and expedition leader with decades of experience in the region
The Bearded Tit's Podcast
The Bearded Tit's Podcast
In Your Nature - Falkland Islands
Live at Global Birdfair talking to Tom Mason, a professional wildlife photographer, Nikon Ambassador and YouTuber. How he got into photography on a budget and more!
WildX Podcast
The Bearded Tit's Podcast
WildX Podcast
WildX Podcast
The Bearded Tit's Podcast
WildX Podcast
BirdLife International and ACAP Latest News
Global Birdfair raising funds for BirdLife International
Global Birdfair in 2025 will be supporting BirdLife’s conservation work to safeguard the Antipodean Albatross and other endangered seabirds from the threat of bycatch in longline fisheries in the Pacific.
The Global Birdfair 2025 Conservation Project, Safeguarding Ocean Species, will focus on tackling threats facing our magnificent seabirds in the southern Pacific by increasing the use of bycatch mitigation measures on longline fishing vessels. The project will reduce accidental killing of species such as the Antipodean Albatross and create greater awareness of this problem on a global scale.
The bait and dead fish surrounding fishing vessels represent a rich feeding ground, often attracting hundreds of seabirds. Sadly, for many seabirds, including albatross, this meal is often their last. Incidental capture (also known as bycatch) in fishing gear is the most pervasive threat to these birds.
Read the full BirdLife International Latest News article here
Your chance to help Safeguarding Ocean Species
Click or Scan the QR code to make a donation direct to this year's Global Birdfair Conservation Project, Safeguarding Ocean Species. So even if you can't join us in Rutland, your support can still make a real difference to conservation. Thank you in advance
The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)
The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)
The Global Birdfair chooses the Endangered Antipodean Albatross to be its flagship species for 2025