Conservation Awards
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Draft financial statements for NBC available to download
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The draft financial statements for 2025 are ready to download, and the final document, incorporated into our Report and Accounts for the year, will be received by the Annual General Meeting. This will take place on Saturday 11th July at 18.00 BST in the Owl Workshop at Global Birdfair, Lyndon Top, Rutland LE15 8RN.
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South American Birdfair 2026
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The XV South American Birdfair will take place in Asunción, Paraguay from September 17th to the 20th. Thanks to some generous sponsorship from Manomet Conservation Sciences, Neotropical Birding and Conservation will be present with a small stand, giving us a chance to engage with local birders to promote what we do. If you intend to attend this
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Global Birdfair 2026 – Rutland Water, UK
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This takes place once again at Lyndon Top near Oakham, overlooking Rutland Water, from 10th to the 12th of July. NBC will have its usual stand in Swallow Marquee, and I hope that anyone visiting the event will drop by and collect the latest issues of Neotropical Birding and Cotinga. UK members will have received raffle tickets with the NB38 mailing,
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Our Website Now Runs on Green Hosting
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As a charity dedicated to protecting the most bird-diverse region on the planet, we believe our commitment to the environment should extend to every corner of what we do, including how our website is powered. We are pleased to confirm that the Neotropical Birding and Conservation website now runs on verified green hosting. According to
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Supporting Bird Conservation Across Latin America: Grants awarded for 2025
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During 2025 we were able to make awards to support 13 projects across Central and South America and the Caribbean, totalling over $35,000 to show our commitment to protecting some of the region’s most threatened bird species. You can download a PDF version of the report of our activities below. The 2025 Conservation Awards Programme
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Now on Instagram
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Neotropical Birding and Convservation are now on Instagram. Follow the bellbird for news, images and all things Neotropical and birdy.
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Conservation Awards Programme 2026 Round 1
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The deadline for applications for awards in the first round of the 2026 Conservation Awards Programme is February 1st 2026. Visit our conservation page for details of how to apply and to download application forms. The deadline for the second round is July 1st 2026, so if you do not have time to apply now, there will
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eBird Creates Neotropics Major Region
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Although choosing to call it Latin America and the Caribbean, eBird has created a new major region that aligns with the Neotropics or NBC area, https://ebird.org/region/latam This includes all of South America, Middle America (including Mexico) and the Caribbean, and all associated islands. This allows birders to see their Neotropics list and to gather data on the
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Neotropical Birding 38 Due in the New Year
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The next issue of Neotropical Binding is at proofing stage and all being well should be mailed to members by the end of March. We have used Andy and Gill Swash’s superb image of Blue-eyed Ground Dove Columbina cyanopsis on the cover as we discuss the latest taxonomic thinking on this critically endangered species in Tomas S. Schulenberg’s
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NBC Ambassadors
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For a while now Council has wanted to get an Ambassador programme up and running, whereby well known figures help to spread the word of what we are up to by means of both social media reach and personal contacts. Following approaches by Rob Williams at Global Birdfair, I am delighted to announce our first