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British Bird Fair 2008

Managing Director Rick Wright reports:

It’s got to be seen to be believed, and even then….

The British Bird Fair, held every year for the last 20 years at Rutland Water, draws thousands (many thousands) of birders from across the UK to booth after booth featuring books, art, optics–anything a birder could dream of and then some.

This year there were some 90 ornithotourism companies represented, Sunbird chief among them.

Here we see Senior Leaders Bryan Bland and James Lidster helping clients (with the merest glimpse of Killian Mullarney in the background).

Two of the dozen huge marquees were dedicated to a nearly continuous series of lectures. Sunbird Managing Director Steve Rooke introduced a fascinated audience to birding the Silk Road of Central Asia, while my two lectures focused on the wonders of southeast Arizona in late summer and winter.

And in the midst of it all we still found time to scheme the future of birding!

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