Sunday 21 August 2011

A fantastic day...................... British Birdfair 2011

Just back from Rutland Water and the British Birdfair...
 Lovely weather and the 230 mile return trip was well worth it...a plus being the light Sunday traffic.
My worries that the event would be winding down (it's a three day event) were soon dispelled as I drove into the overflow car park... It was heaving.

I am still going through my images and have cherry picked a few to give a flavour of the fair which  has become an International event.
I counted nine big Marquees... I may have missed some.

All the big optics firms had impressive stands.
Nikon, Canon plus Sony unveiling their new binoculars that take HD images of what your watching....where will it end?


This secondhand book store was very busy

Colourful tourism stands from all over the World.

Wow! who says size isn't everything.....

The Urban Birder... David Lindo ( a well known television presenter in the UK) having his photo taken with the guy from...
"Rambles with a Camera"
David is a well known magazine columnist and television presenter in the UK and we have a bit of history over an item I purchased from him on eBay.... we made up.
He has just published a book... I am now the owner of a signed copy.
A great guy... here is a link to his website:
  http://www.theurbanbirder.com/ 

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12 comments:

  1. Bob Bushell21 August 2011 at 22:34

    I'm amazed at the way it encouraged to go to the birdfair, I'll do it next year.

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  2. TexWisGirl21 August 2011 at 22:49

    you'll have to spill a bit more about the Ebay purchase. :) glad you were able to get there this year! wow, binocs that take HD photos too. gotta love technology... if you've got the bucks...

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  3. John @ Beans and I on the Loose22 August 2011 at 00:19

    That looks like fun, even if I am not a rabid birder. Yes, I'm with TexWisGirl. You've peaked my interest with the eBay story.

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  4. ADRIAN22 August 2011 at 03:27

    It looks a great day out. It also looks to have the makings of an expensive one.

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  5. Jason Bugay Reyes22 August 2011 at 14:05

    Nice !

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  6. Fotokarusellen22 August 2011 at 16:38

    Love this kind of places. Very nice, Andrew.

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  7. Unknown22 August 2011 at 21:10

    Great gathering!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  8. Malgorzata Ingstad22 August 2011 at 21:56

    Good to see you happy!

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  9. holdingmoments23 August 2011 at 19:09

    Great post Andrew. The Glastonbury of the bird world. I must get there next year.

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  10. Springman23 August 2011 at 19:55

    What a hoedown! I'd love to get in that tent with those long lenses and do some daydreaming. Such a great occasion, thank you for sharing. Dave Lindo should be honored to have his picture taken with you!

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  11. Arija24 August 2011 at 12:12

    Now that was certainly a nice day out for you Andrew. So nice to have a signed copy too.

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  12. Unknown24 August 2011 at 19:59

    Funny how things go & glad you could make up with the 'Dude' ;-)
    Binocs that take photos,... oh well :)

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