Public Safety

In the event of fire. 1. Please evacuate the marquees and buildings as soon as possible. Do not stop to collect belongings.2. If you find a fire please quickly contact a member of the security team, the information marquee or staff on stand number 37 in the main marquee – all have walkie talkies.3. Fire extinguishers are positioned in the main marquee, in the lecture area and cafe and by the food area.4. Head to the nearest fire point and wait. Please can you check your party are accounted for and do not re-enter until authorised.

Water Safety1. Mannington Hall is moated and has a lake. Please make sure you treat water with respect and stay clear.2. Children should be accompanied at all times whilst in the grounds.3. In the event of someone falling in, there are rescue rings positioned near the lake and moat. There are also wooden poles situated near the water to be used for rescue purposes only.4. Do not attempt a rescue without first making sure of your own safe-ty – and under no circumstances enter the water. There is a security team on site who will help.5. Please take great care when pond dipping.

In case of accident1. First Aid cover will be available during both of the days open to the public by St John’s Ambulance.2. In a real emergency please call 9993. There is a first aid point near the entrance. If someone is injured this is your main point of contact. 4. The St John’s Ambulance Team can be contacted from this point.The site has rough ground in places please take care when walking.Please take extra care whilst in the car park.The Lost and found children point is at the information point in the main marquee.

Contents Page

Norfolk Bird Fair Office3a St Johns CloseNorwichNR1 2AD01603 219119birdfairnorfolk@yahoo.comCover Photos Rob Wilson, this photo Jill WIlson

2. Public safety4. Organisers Editorial5 Birdrace 20156. Richard Lewis Editorial8. Saturday Lectures9. Sunday Lectures10. Site Plan 12. Marquee Layout13 List of Stands16. Activities Information17. BTO ringing from 2014 and 2015 Fairs18. Auction

Organisers PageTh ank you for attending this year’s Norfolk Bird and Wildlife Fair, we hope you have enjoyed your visit.Preparations for this years fair have been a bit of a roller-coaster with disappointments, the devel-opment of good friendships and challenges. We wouldn’t be beaten as we think Norfolk is a special county and we want to raise money for conservation projects. So, we have continued to make it a bigger and better event. You may have seen on the website that at the beginning of the year, aft er meetings, it was decided to hold the event in association with another charitable organisation. Th is proved to be non-committal on their part, with lots of disap-

pointment, unfulfi lled promises and to top it all they pulled out with 4 weeks to go leaving us with several major logistical problems. Not very professional, but there was nothing we could do. However we are delighted and grateful that the Norfolk Wildlife Trust have also partly associated with the event to give us the extra help we needed and they have been in-valuable running up to the event, so our heartfelt thanks go to the team in the offi ce. Th ey will be the chosen charity for profi ts and the auction proceeds this year. Th is year we have put together a good mix of stands, that have been before, and new to make it varied and interesting. We have built up

the event to include more activities and have concentrated on provid-ing a really interesting and diverse lecture programme. We hope you agree and our offi ce is always open for good ideas and support.Th e event auction and donations page on the website over the last 12 months has raised £585 which will be presented to the BTO at this years fair. Th ey were selected by visitors to the 2015 weekend as the receiving charity.Our thanks go to our cracking team of volunteers and to previous years visitors who have done a sterling job of telling their friends and family to come along for a good day out. It is you and the exhibitors that make this a fantas-tic weekend to promote Norfolk’s Fabulous environment in and out of the county.

Jill and Robert Wilson

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Last year was the first year of the Norfolk Bird Fair Bird Race, where two teams com-peted against each other over a 24 hour period to see or hear as many species as possible, all in the aid of charity. The two teams were a Norfolk team led by Ian Dearing and a “Visi-tors” team lead by Andrew Whitelee. There is a long his-tory of bird racing for charity, especially in Norfolk where the Big Bird Race back in the 1980s containing names like Bill Oddie and David Tomlin-son amassed scores in excess of 140 species and raised thou-sands of pounds for conserva-tion charities. Our aims were much more modest, but any proceeds raised were to go to the British Trust for Ornithol-ogy House Martin Appeal.

Bird Race 2015

The Norfolk Bird Fair Bird Race would be a nod to all the bird races and racers that have gone before with an emphasis on honour, fun, gentle sledging and mind games before and during the race. So as the clock struck midnight on Saturday 10th May, the two teams disap-peared into the night, reuniting in a North Norfolk pub several hundred miles, many frustrat-ing moments and 23.45 hours later. Could a team with local knowledge beat a team of out of county upstarts and take the inaugural Norfolk Bird Fair Bird Race trophy kindly donat-ed by Rob and Jill Wilson. Well, despite some terrible weath-er conditions fitting more of mid-December than mid-May, the Visitors managed a mod-est 119, losing by two birds to

Norfolk with 121 and raising a couple of hundred pounds for the BTO. For 2016 we are hoping to be bigger and better and ultimately raise more money for our cho-sen charity, which this year is the wonderful Wader Quest. So far we have 4 teams entered, and anyone who sponsors a team for £5 will get a year’s free “Friend of Wader Quest” subscription. We are holding the race on 30th April this year, two weeks earlier than last year (and also a Bank Holiday weekend!) so here’s hoping for bet-ter weather, bigger totals and lots of money raised for Wader Quest. If you would like to be involved in the future, sponsor a team or just find out more about the race then please contact Andrew Whitelee info@norfolkbirdrace.com or take a look at our website www.norfolk-birdrace.com .

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Richard JarvisWildlife Artist/Printmaker

It was a big boost to my confi-dence, winning The Langford Press Best Printmaker Award at the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art (NEWA).and having my work accepted by the SWLA for inclusion in their Natural Eye Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.

which convinced me I was on the right track.My interest in Art and Nature stemmed from my childhood reading of the series of Ladybird books on the seasons. Illustrat-ed by Charles Tunnicliffe, with wonderful images of nature through the changing seasons,they still inspire me today. The covers of the RSPB 'Birds' magazine were always eagerly anticipated with paintings by artists such as Robert Gillmor and Eric Ennion.I have always carried a sketch-book to draw my sightings, mostly around the reservoirs and countryside of Leicester-shire and Northamptonshire with regular trips to Norfolk. These drawings are the basis for most of my prints and paint-ings. I also attend a weekly life

My rediscovery of Lino printing at classes run by The Leicester Print Workshop and The Soci-ety of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and the positive response to the images I produced, were the catalysts in my decision to carve myself a new career as an Artist /Printmaker.

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class, which really sharpens up my drawing and observation.I currently use a small printing press housed in my spare room to produce my prints using oil based inks, which I often tint with watercolour, though some are left as austere black and white images.My intentions are to try some other print techniques in the future. It has been a steep, but enjoya-ble learning curve over the past months and I have been helped and encouraged by fellow printmakers, artists and gallery owners.I am looking forward to show-ing my work at The Norfolk Bird Fair. Feel free to visit my stand for a chat and see me working.

See more of my work at: rich-ardjarvis.me.uk

Saturday - Title Time Organisation or Person Person

10am

“Cryptic and enigmatic

birds of Israel”

10.30am Director of national bird

monitoring scheme, Israeli Ornithological Centre

Yoav Perlman

“County Wildlife Sites: Norfolk’s hidden gems for

wildlife.” 11am NWT David North

“Tracking Bird Movements”

11.30am BTO Ieuan Evans

“Dove Step - a journey for

Turtle Doves”

12.00 Dove Step Jonny Rankin

“The Deceitful Lapwing”

12.45pm Wader Quest Rick Simpson

“Getting the best out of

DSLR photography.”

1.15pm Rob Wilson Photos Robert Wilson

“Norfolk Bats in Churches” 1.45pm NARG Philip Parker

“What The Wildlife Trusts do for people”?

2.15pm The Wildlife Trusts Michelle Househam

“Penguins, Albatross, Shags & Petrels of the

Falklands”

2.45pm Falklands Conservation Tim Carr

Marine Protection Areas

off the Norfolk Coast

3.15pm Marine Conservation Alisdair Naulls

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Lectures - Saturday

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Lectures- SundaySunday

TitleTime

Organisation or Person Person

“Birds of Holkham”10am

The Holkham Hall RangerAndy Bloomfield

“Lemnos - The New Lesbos?”10.30am Richard Brooks Richard Brooks

“Norfolk birds and other wildlife in archaeology.” 11am Julie Curl

“Amazing Falkland Islands Wild-life”

11.30am Falklands Conservation Tim Carr

“ More confessions of a wildlife film-maker” 12.00 The Hairy Frog Mike Linley

“Pushing the boundaries of bird identification and taxonomy’” 12.45pm

Israeli tourist boardYoav Perlman.

“Norfolk Badgers.How Badgers effect their ecosystems.” 1.15pm Norfolk Badger Group Will Fitch

“Endemic Waders of New Zea-land” 1.45pm Wader Quest Rick Simpson

Bird Race Trophy Presentation 2.15pm Countryfile Magazine Editor and Original Bird Race Organ-

iser.

David Tomlinson

“The BTO Garden Bird Watch” 2.45pm BTO Kate Risely“Bats, Bush-crickets and the

Science of Monitoring” 3.15pm Bat Survey Stuart

4.00pm

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Main Marquee Layout

1. Norfolk Bea2. Russ Hesleden and Ian Claxton3. Alamo Inn, Texas Birding 4. Toni Watts5. Falklands Conservation6. Glover and Howe7. Badger Trust8. Norfolk Police9. Fire extinguishers10. Suffield Pets11. Verdant Wildlife12. Swallow Birding and Liz Huxley13. Lynn Hazel14. Norfolk Reptile Group15. Hairy Frog16. B and J Legge17. Children’s Activity Table18. Children’s Activity Table19. Rohan20. Norfolk Country Cottages21. David Ord Kerr22. Wildlife Tours and Education23. NNNS24. Idleback25. Exit26. Jessops Retail27. Jessops Academy28. WWT29. Wader Quest 30. Robert Fryer31. 32. Second Nature

33. Insect ID34. Banks Boats35. Mystery Bird Competition36. AUCTION37. INFORMATION DESK38. Outdoor Camera Accessories39. Gareth Watling40. The Biking Birder41. Wildsounds42. Wildsounds43. Book Signing44. Bird Watching Magazine45. FWAG46. Diana Jackson47. Atropos48. Louise Money49. Marine Conservation50. Mannington Hall51. CPRE52. Rohan53. Seating54. Art Decoy55. Langford Press56. Langford Press57. David Finney58. Broads Authority59. Richard Jarvis60. Ashley Boon61. Kodak Express

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Stands AttendingAB Cateringabcatering23@gmail.com

Alamo Inn Stand 3.http://alamoinnbnb.com/index.html

Art Decoy Stand 5407770 386618www.artdecoy.co.uk

Ashley Boon. Botswana and Indian Safaris. Stand 60ashley.boon@btopenworld.comwww.ashleyboon.co.uk/safaris

Atropos Books. Stand 4701326 290287www.atroposbooks.co.uk

Banks Boats. Stand 3401692 582457http://bankboats.co.uk/

The Biking Birder - Gary prescottStand 52https://www.facebook.com/biking-birder2015/

Bird Watching Magazine. Stand 4401858 438884http://www.birdwatching.co.uk/

Broads National Park.Stand 5801603 610734http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/

BTO01842 750050www.bto.org/

Burgerlicious01205 871937

Burnt Fen Alpacas 01692 630553http://burntfen.co.uk

Carols Cakes and Bakescarolbutton3@aol.com

Ian ClaxtonStand 2

Cley SpyOptics Marquee01263 740088http://www.cleyspy.co.uk/

The Coffee Beanthecoffee.bean@hotmail.co.uk

CPREStand 5101603 761660http://www.cprenorfolk.org.uk/

Falklands Conservation.Stand 5ukexec@conservation.org.fkhttp://www.falklandsconservation.com/

David Finney.Stand 57http://www.davidfinney.co.uk/

Peter Freemanhttps://www.facebook.com/Coach-man65?fref=ts

Robert FryerStand 3001508 521154

FWAGStand 27http://www.norfolkfwag.co.uk/

Gumleaf01692 536777http://www.gumleaf.com/

Lynn HazelStand 1301332 590115www.lynnhazel.co.uk

Hairy FrogStand 53 - Sunday Only

http://www.hairy-frog.co.uk/linley.html

Russ Heselden.Stand 2 01263 741742http://www.russheselden.co.uk/

Liz HuxleyStand 2

IdlebackStand 2401709 837906http://idleback.co.uk/

Diana JacksonStand 46djacksonorg@yahoo.co.uk

Richard JarvisStand 59www.richardjarvis.me.uk

Jessops AcademyStand 25/26http://advice.jessops.com/academy.aspx

KenroStand 61http://www.kenro.co.uk/

David Ord KerrStand 21www.davidordkerr.com

Kodak Express NorwichStand 6101603 219119www.robwilsonphotos.co.uk

Langford PressStand 42/43http://langford-press.co.uk/

League Against Cruel Sports01483 524 250www.league.org.ukB and J Legge

Mannington HallStand 50

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01263 584175http://www.manningtongardens.co.uk/

Marine ConservationStand 49https://www.mcsuk.org/01989 566017

Louise MoneyStand 48lmoney79@googlemail.com

Norfolk Amphibian and Reptile GroupStand 14https://www.facebook.com/groups/146763938721087/?fref=ts

Norfolk Badger Protection GroupStand 7https://www.facebook.com/groups/1574995026105742/?fref=ts

Norfolk BeaStand 1http://norfolkbea.co.uk/

Norfolk Chainsaw Artsally@maytree.me.ukhttp://maytree.me.uk/

Norfolk Constabulary Wildlife Crime UnitStand 8http://www.norfolk.police.uk/safet-yadvice/wildlifeprotection/tacklingth-eproblems/wildlifecrimeofficers.aspx

Norfolk Country CottagesStand 2001263 715779https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/

Norfolk Farmhouse Ice-creamhttp://www.norfolkfarmhouseice-cream.co.uk/01362 638116

Norfolk Hedge Baskets07948 977104http://norfolkhedge.co.uk/

Norfolk Log PlantersSaturday onlyhttps://www.facebook.com/Norfolk-Log-Plant-ers-581665785197870/?fref=ts

Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists SocietyStand 23carl@wildlifetoursandeducation.co.ukhttp://www.nnns.org.uk/

Norfolk Wildlife Trust01603 625540www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org

North East Norfolk Bird Clubwww.nenbc.co.uk

OpticronOptics Marqueesales@opticron.co.ukhttp://www.opticron.co.uk/

Outdoor Camera AccessoriesStand 38

Out on a Wing01953884173http://www.outonawingfalconry.co.uk/

Raptor Trusthttp://raptortrust.org.uk/

Reed Panel Company01603 611952http://www.reedpanelfencing.co.uk/

RohanStand 55/560800 840 1411http://www.rohan.co.uk/

RSPBwww.rspb.org.uk01603 661662

Second Nature BooksStand 32secondnatureyork@aol.com

Brian Slaytorbslaytor@gmail.com

Spitfire Hogroast(0) 7958 761027http://www.spitfirehogroasts.co.uk/

Suffield PetsStand 10

Suffolk Wildlife Trust ( With Norfolk Wildlife trust)

Swallow BirdingStand 1201206 210662http://www.swallowbirding.co.uk/

The One Stop Nature ShopOptics Marquee01485 211223www.onestopnature.co.uk/

Verdant WildlifeStand 1107783 243183http://verdantwildlife.co.uk/

Vette’s Veggie Vansteyvette@hotmail.co.ukhttp://www.vettesveggievan.co.uk/

Wader QuestStand 29waderquest@gmail.comwww.waderquest.org

Gareth WatlingStand 39http://www.gwbirdpaintings.co.uk/

Toni WattsStand 401400 272191www.toniwatts.com

Whale and Dolphin Companyhttp://www.whale-and-dolphin.com/

Wildlife Tours and EducationStand 2201263 576995www.wildlifetoursandeducation.co.uk

WIldsounds.Stands 40/42http://www.wildsounds.com/menu/main.shtml?ref=BWING

Wild TouchWild.touch@outlook.com

WWThttp://www.wwt.org.uk/

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HOLIDAYS | DAY TRIPS | HIDES | TAILORMADE TOURSSPEYSIDE WILDLIFE

Relax and enjoy the wildlife, we’ll take care of the rest.

enquiries@speysidewildlife.co.uk | 01479 812498

WWW.SPEYSIDEWILDLIFE.CO.UK

Fully inclusive wildlife holidays in the Cairngorms National Park, around Scotland and Overseas

Good Value - Good Fun - Good Birds

T: 01206 210662E: info@swallowbirding.co.ukW: www.swallowbirding.co.uk

Great Value Birdwatching Breaks

ActivitiesLino Printing Demonstration on the Richard Jarvis Stand.

Alpaca Wool Spinning.

Insect Identification in the main marquee.

Cone Critter Craft for children.

Colouring Station.

Collect your own sheet and make a fox from League against cruel sports.

Magnetic Butterfly craft for chil-dren.

Frog Wildlife Trail. See below

Basket weaving Demonstration.

Carving Demonstration on Diana Jackson’s Stand.

Quote Trail..

Bookshelf Bunnies.

Bird Ringing Demonstration.

Bird Walks with the North East Norfolk Bird Club by the main entrance - 09.30, 11.00, 13.00 and 3.30, daily.

Badger Mask Making with the Badger group.

Evening walk with the Amphib-ian and Reptile Group. Saturday

Evening.

Hedge Basket Demonstration with the Norfolk Hedge Basket Company.Wildlife Art Painting in progress with David Ord Kerr.

Pond Dipping 10.30-11.30am and 2-3pm.

Chain Saw art with Sally May.

Book signings in the Main Mar-quee. Including Matthew Merritt, and James MCallam.

Meet and greet with Gary Pres-cott the Biking Birder

and more.

Frog TrailThe first frog clue can be found by the beautiful triangle tree near the house.

The second frog clue can be found by the wooden bridge over the moat. Don’t fall in its deep waterand watch out for trolls!

The third frog clue can be found by the footpath

sign behind , and to the left of the house.

The forth clue can be found on the bridge overlooking the lake. Stop and have a look out for wildlife while you are here.

The fifth clue is a bit trickier and can be found in the rose garden by the pergola.

The sixth clue can be found near the Wild Touch stand

The seventh clue can be found by the informa-tion point in the main marquee.Assemble the letters on the clues to make a word connected with frogs and tell the information point staff to collect a little something.

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BTO Bird Ringing The BTO have organised bird ringing at the Norfolk Bird and Wildlife Fair for the last two years.

We thought you might be interested in their findings and to see what they found in the mist nets.

Retraps/ Full grown Pulli Recoveries Total 2014 Mannington Hall, Aylsham Wren 4 0 1 5 Dunnock 2 0 0 2 Robin 3 0 0 3 Blackbird 1 0 0 1 Song Thrush 1 0 0 1 Whitethroat 1 0 0 1 Blackcap 2 0 0 2 Long-tailed Tit 9 0 1 10 Blue Tit 2 0 1 3 Great Tit 1 0 1 2 Treecreeper 1 0 0 1 Chaffinch 3 0 0 3 Goldfinch 2 0 0 2 Reed Bunting 2 0 0 2 Annual Total: 34 0 4 38

Retraps/ Full grown Pulli Recoveries Total 2 015 Mannington Hall, Aylsham Wren 3 0 1 4 Robin 3 0 1 4 Blackbird 2 0 0 2 Song Thrush 2 0 0 2 Whitethroat 2 0 0 2 Blackcap 5 0 1 6 Chiffchaff 2 0 0 2 Goldcrest 1 0 0 1 Long-tailed Ti t 1 0 0 1 Blue Tit 3 0 1 4 Great Tit 3 0 2 5 Treecreeper 2 0 1 3 Greenfinch 0 0 1 1 Goldfinch 1 0 0 1 Bullfinch 1 0 0 1 Annual Total: 31 0 8 39

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Auction itemsDavid Finney - Framed Print Gareth Watling - Pack of Christ-mas Cards Richard Jarvis - Print Brian Slaytor - A Drift wood Sculpture Falklands Conservation - Adopt a Penguin and a Coff ee Table Bird Life international book. Marine Conservation - Year Mem-bership. value £42. Members will receive a fantastic pack including a pin badge, car sticker, a subscrip-tion to our exclusive magazine 4 times a year, plus more. As an

extra special, one of our puffi n pin badges… Rob Wilson/ Kodak Express - A 6 hour Wildlife Photography Work-shop in Norfolk or Suff olk Sally May, Maytree. - A Little Owl carving RSPB - Give Nature a home kit. WWT Goodies - Entry tickets and tickets to the night time feeding session during the winter months Opticron Optics Song Bird Survival - Book Extinct Boids.

Jessops Auction Item.

Burnt Fen Alpacas - Alpaca wool item

Langford Press Books including, Birds in Norfolk, Wild in Europe, Otter Shores, Troubled Waters and a selection of excellent chil-dren’s books

Other items will be added. Please come to the auction table situated in the main marquee and bid . All proceeds of the auction go to our selected charity, the Norfolk Wild-life Trust.

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