My first Global Birdfair since it’s post-covid relaunch, but the birdfair blues feel just the same; the weird quiet that comes after a great weekend of catching up, meetings, panel chairing and best of all, chaotic dancing.

Huge thank you Osprey Leadership Foundation for hosting this brilliant panel Global Birdfair and to Pete Cooper for chairing the discussion so expertly! It's such a privilege to share the floor with so many inspiring young conservationists who are leading the way! Birds of Poole Harbour

Of course the first two Osprey chicks chose to fledge when I was away Global Birdfair! 😅 still pinching ourselves that they've produced this phenomenonal brood of four, who will be so important to the future of Ospreys in Southern England and beyond! Birds of Poole Harbour

We had a great time at #Globalbirdfair ! Our Co-Directors, Roisin - Verde Flower Co 🌸 and Ellen Bradley ran a Creative Campaigning workshop and Seniz Mustafa and Ellen sat on a panel about being a young leader in conservation. Thank you Osprey Leadership Foundation for inviting us!

Back home in #YorkshireDales after brilliant Global Birdfair. Many great conversations, esp about #nature & #neurodivergency - much to reflect on! Special congrats Becky Park for Osprey Leadership Foundation prog. Brittany Maxted Lucy McRobert Elle Kaye Mya Bambrick Tim Appleton MBE !

Elle Kaye Global Birdfair Osprey Leadership Foundation Brittany Maxted Lucy McRobert Mya Bambrick Tim Appleton MBE ! The Women Working in Conservation panel was an especially powerful event - courageous and authentic female voices worthy of a headline spot on the Osprey stage (and many other places!) in my view! Hope to meet you all again.

Thanks so much to Osprey Leadership Foundation for having me Global Birdfair .I had so much fun showing my animated bird guide and having everyone draw along. Thanks YOLOBirder Harry Read Elle Kaye BTO GLOS WildlifeKate Luke Massey Dominic García-Hall Sean Moore Henry for coming!

A pleasure Henry ! You got those answers so quickly . You’re a real pro ! 🦅🦅🦅

Elle Kaye smashing it at my talk Global Birdfair on Sunday . The draw along was particularly fun and made me think I could go on tour with this show! The Osprey Leadership Foundation team were so fantastic. Huge shout out to every one of you that helped out .You are amazing ! 🦅

Who loves #Swifts ? Check out my brand new episode I took to Global Birdfair . I make these myself and have the wonderful BTO fact check them too. I’d really appreciate if you could help me share these to reach kids & families to get them in to nature! youtu.be/7u4pH-kpagA?fe…

Also fantastic to host our Gambian friend Emmanuel Jatta 🇬🇲 from the Osprey Leadership Foundation & Kartong Bird Observatory 🇬🇲 , joining us to see Ospreys during the European part of their lives as well as visiting the Careys Secret Garden Ringing Station to ring a few African migrants including this Tree Pipit.

It’s been wonderful having Emmanuel Jatta 🇬🇲 in the UK since late March for his Kartong Bird Observatory 🇬🇲 & Osprey Leadership Foundation internship. Huge thanks to Birds of Poole Harbour for a fitting send off for Emmanuel - a brilliant boat trip and a final chance to ring some migrant species he may see again in The Gambia

Birds saved my life. There’s nothing unusual about that. What’s more unusual about my situation, is that it was birding that caused my life to need saving in the first place. A true story, my story. Read it here: linktr.ee/ahwildlife BTO #Birds #Art #writing #nature

Please read this hugely important and courageous blog by Alicia Hayden. We were thrilled that Alicia was a key part of the Young Conservationists’ Hub that we organised at Global Birdfair - she is an inspiration.

Earlier this summer, Emmanuel Jatta 🇬🇲 ringed this Osprey, 3R0, at a nest near Rutland Water as part of his Osprey Leadership Foundation & Kartong Bird Observatory 🇬🇲 internship. It went on to fledge successfully and today I may have seen it depart on migration. Let’s hope Emmanuel sees it again in The Gambia!

For the October 2024 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) and Global Birding & eBird Big Day the KBO team visited the area south of Kafuta, 35km inland from our base on the coast. Over 40 species of bird were recorded, including Yellow-bellied Hyliota.

Our new website: kartongbirdobservatory.com is now live. Many thanks to Wendy James Wendy James for all her hard work producing this. It outlines our research projects, team bios and provides an overview of the habitats we operate in at Kartong. More pages will be added soon.

Congratulations to Naffie Sarr, who is the first Gambian woman to attain a BTO bird ringing licence. Naffie has worked for KBO for six years and has completed the Evolving Conservation Leadership course with the Osprey Leadership Foundation . Well done, Naffie, we are all extremely proud of you.

The Osprey Leadership Foundation aims to encourage young conservationists to recognise that they are already a leader. Is it time to tap into your potential? Read the article here: c-js.uk/4hsTkWp

Who’s looking forward to Global Birdfair ? Grab yourself an Albatross cap I designed for Leica. All proceeds going to the Osprey Leadership Foundation Osprey Leadership Foundation. Grab one here ospreylf.org/product/limite…