Birdfair History Archives

The Wild Zone comes to Birdfair 2018 for the first time!!

Thanks to an amazing grant from the city of Toyooka in Japan, Birdfair will have a fantastic new area dedicated to our young visitors.

A large marquee will be the hub of a weekend of...

Birdfair’s 2018 project to create a haven for Argentina’s flamingos

The proceeds of this year’s Birdfair will support the creation of Argentina’s largest national park, in the process providing a refuge for nearly a million flamingos and...

Birdfair 2017 raised incredible £333,000

The 2017 Birdfair raised an incredible £333,000 for bird conservation - the second highest total in Birdfair history.

Birdfair Founder and Manager Tim Appleton and...

2017 Auction prize with Bill Oddie

Diane and Kevin Foley were the lucky winners of the Bill Oddie auction lot had a fabulous afternoon at Hampstead Heath, here's what they had to say about their unique...

Birdfair 2017 – Some of the collectables

Photos courtesy of Newton Maxwell Harris

Best Stand Awards 2017

Congratulations to all our winners and runners up for the Best Stand Awards 2017. Competition was really strong this year so very well done to everyone!

Photographs by Katie Nethercote

A good news story from BirdLife International and a project partly funded by Birdfair!

Paradise saved: some of world’s rarest birds rebound on Pacific islands cleared of invasive predators

Five remote Pacific...

Birdfair 2016 raised a record breaking amount of £350,000

Some places are so rich in natural wonders, so extraordinary, so important for people, and yet so threatened, that we must pull out all the stops to save them. Madagascar, the...

Birdfair 2017 – Saving Paradise in the Pacific

Picture a remote island in the South Pacific, and then travel even further into oceanic isolation. Here, about 1,500 km south of Tahiti you will find Rapa Iti, an...

Birdfair 2015 Raises Record Amount

Migratory birds have been handed a welcome boost by fundraising efforts from Birdfair 2015 after a cheque for £320,000 was handed over to BirdLife International to help vulnerable migratory birds in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Birdfair Projects since the start in 1989

Every year we choose an international conservation issue to support. The projects are suggested to us and managed through the BirdLife International partnership.