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Global Birdfair Auction
We will have some amazing lots at the Global Birdfair Auction
Visit Teal Marquee to see the lots and make your bids at any time during the event. Bidding closes on Sunday afternoon.
Lots with email bids available (non-physical lots) can be made soon and will close approximately 1 week prior to the event opening.
Global Birdfair Auction Lots
Lot 1 - Peter Harrison’s SEABIRDS: The New Identification Guide — The Conservation Edition
Peter Harrison’s SEABIRDS: The New Identification Guide—a comprehensive field guide to the world’s 434 species of Seabirds—has also been produced in a large-format boxed collectors’ edition with a global, numbered print run of just 1,000 copies. This larger format allows for the beauty and execution of the book’s 239 art plates—featuring more than 3,800 full-colour figures—to be fully appreciated and studied. As Peter has devoted much of his adult life to supporting habitat restoration programs, he has decided that a portion of the proceeds from this collectors’ edition will be dedicated to seabird conservation around the world. As such, Peter has named this book, the Conservation Edition. This 600-page book measures 22.5 x 31 cm (9 x 12 inches) and is autographed by Peter Harrison, along with co-author Dr Martin Perrow and contributing artist Hans Larsson.
Limited Edition Number: 0322/1000
Reserve Price: £850.00
VALUE £1000.00
We are delighted to announce that Peter and Martin will be attending Global Birdfair 2025
Watch out for details about their talks and book signing sessions
If you are bidding online please note that we will be adding a £10.00 postage and packing charge for delivery to the UK. We are unable to ship this item overseas.
Lot 2 - Seabirds And Whales Five Hour Trips Gift Voucher
Throughout the trip you will have a great opportunity to learn about field craft and identification from our local expert guides in a small friendly group environment.
Each tour includes the boat trip cost and one expert guide in a small group of up to 10 clients. The meeting point will be at Staithes in North Yorkshire
Meet Richard and the team from YCN at Global Birdfair and buy a copy of Richard's new book - being released in April 2025!
Email bidding will open in 2025.
Value £90.00
Reserve £50.00
Lot 3 - Naturetrek UK Day Trip for 2 for your chosen destination
Naturetrek, one of this year's Global Birdfair main sponsors, has offered 2 places on one of their popular UK Day Trip tours.
Their portfolio of Day Trips visit a wonderful selection of reserves and habitats across the UK, each guided by one of Naturetrek's expert naturalist tour leaders, many of whom are guiding you on their own ‘local patch’! Meeting at around 9am, and exploring largely on foot until around 5pm (though note that specific Day Trip timings do vary slightly by location and season), these trips are designed to spend a full day out in the fresh air, in search of a wide range of special British wildlife.
Meet the Naturetrek team in Swallow Marquee and you can listen to one of their lectures in "Plover".
Email bidding will open soon and you can also bid at Global Birdfair 2025.
Value £100-160
Lot 4 - Adobe Lightroom Tuition with Oliver Smart, Smart Images
Smart Images is offering two hours virtual Lightroom tuition to help enhance your skills and tailor your session to areas you would like to improve (i.e. collections, editing, processing, key-wording etc.). Tuition will be given remotely via Zoom and additional sessions are available on request.
Value £60.00
Lot 5 - Birdfy Smart Bamboo Bird Feeder with Camera & Solar Panel
Birdfy Smart Bamboo Bird Feeder with Camera & Solar Panel
Meet the Birdfy team in July to learn more!
Value £150.00
Reserve £100.00
Lot 6 - Angel of the North - Fair Isle 2006
Photograph by Rebecca Nason.
A 100cm x 50cm premium acrylic, lightweight, ready to hang, signed on the back.
Find Rebecca in Puffin Marquee
Value £275.00
Reserve £150.00
Lot 7 - Pair of Viking Optical Binoculars
A pair of the latest binoculars from Viking Optical
Lot 8 Signed Copy of How Birds Fly plus Canvas Wrap Photos by Peter Cavanagh
Peter Cavanagh is a bird photographer and author from the Pacific Northwest of the USA. His new book HOW BIRDS FLY: The Science and Art of Avian Flight has just been released in the UK and Peter will be giving an author talk and signing books at Global Birdfair 2025.
This lot comprises an autographed copy of the book and 41 cm x 28 cm (16” x 11”) canvas wraps of the two photographs from the book shown above.
Watch out for Peter's Turnstone Talk and book signing on the Wildsounds Book Signing area in Nightingale.
Book RRP £35.00
Prints RRP £100 each
Value £235.00
Reserve £120.00
Lot 9 Original felted artwork of Antipodean Albatross
Original felted artwork of Antipodean Albatross by Helen Whittle.
Incorporating wools, silks, chiffons and fibres for gleam. 44cm x 38cm
With many thanks to David Tipling for giving me permission to use his wonderful reference photo for the cause!
Meet Helen in Puffin Marquee
Value:
Reserve:
Lot 10 coming soon!
Lot 10 coming soon!
Lot 11 - 7 nights at Serra Dos Tucanos, Brazil, Full Board
Lot 11 - 7 nights full board accommodation at Serra dos Tucanos, Brazil in a single en-suite room
Serra dos Tucanos. The lodge is located in 50 acres of private grounds with fantastic birding opportunities on site. To date we have recorded over 200 species within the lodge grounds, some of which include Brassy-breasted Tanager, Blue Manakin, Black-billed Scythebill, Variegated Antpitta, Maroon-bellied Parakeet, Blond-crested Woodpecker, Spot-billed Toucanet, Saffron Toucanet, Bertoni's Antbird, Giant Antshrike, Long-trained Nightjar, Bare-throated Bellbird and Swallow-tailed Cotinga!
The lodge has very productive feeding stations which attract various species of colourful tanagers, these together with our hummingbird feeders attracting species such as White-throated Hummingbird, Brazilian Ruby, Violet-capped Woodnymph and Black Jacobin provide great photographic opportunities.
Value £1400.00
Reserve £900.00
It would be for 1 person in a single en-suite room
For another person to come along the extra cost would be £1050.00 if they shared the room.
The prize does not include international flights, transfers from Rio de Janeiro or any guiding
BID ONLINE NOW BY CLICKING ON THE WOODPECKER IMAGE!
We hope you enjoy your visit to Global Birdfair
Our entry ticket prices are kept as low as possible to make the event as accessible as we can.
We aim to give great value for money whilst raising funds for our chosen BirdLife International Project - this year your entry money goes towards Safeguarding Ocean Species.
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