After careful consideration of several factors, Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust have made the difficult decision to stop running Birdfair. LRWT are sad to end their involvement with Birdfair after more than 30 years. Read the full statement here: https://t.co/HmhfrVMhl8

Our staff put many hours in over the years to make the event possible, along with hundreds of incredible Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust volunteers. We have some wonderful memories that we will all treasure forever.💚 (3/3) 📸photos (c) Eric Renno

We'd like to make it clear that we're happy to work with others regarding Birdfair's continued future and hope the legacy will live on in some capacity. We are proud of our team’s rich history of delivering this event and of the £5m we raised for Birdlife International. (2/3)

We would like to say a huge thank you for the outpouring of positive messages we have received following our announcement yesterday about Birdfair. The decision was an extremely difficult one and we are grateful for everyone’s understanding.🙏 (Tweet 1/3)

Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust Chairman has shared a detailed statement outlining the factors that led to the difficult decision to end our involvement with Birdfair. Please read the full statement here: https://t.co/RC1mkPUUUm 📸Amano Samarpan

We regret to announce that due to the continuation of COVID restrictions deeply impacting UK and International travel, public health and the safety of our visitors and exhibitors, we have decided not to host Birdfair at Rutland Water Nature Reserve this year.

Hey! The Virtual Birdfair website will now be available until the end of December - that's another whole month for you to see all that fabulous material! https://t.co/i2TMchiAUy @LeicsWildlife @Natures_Voice @WildlifeTrusts @RSPBbirders @BirdGuides @BirdLife_News

Virtual @TheBirdfair may be over, but my talk (and others) will still be available to watch for three months! I discuss the origin and survival of modern birds across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.

@TheBirdfair @LeicsWildlife @Natures_Voice Thank you for #VirtualBirdfair It was great to be able to watch the lectures. And I have lots of talks yet to watch. Looking forward to the real thing next year.

THANK YOU to everyone who took part in this year's first ever Virtual #Birdfair - we hope you enjoyed it! What was your favourite part of the event? @LeicsWildlife @Natures_Voice @WildlifeTrusts @RSPBbirders @BirdGuides @BirdLife_News

The winners of the #Birdfair @CanonUKandIE photo competition are... Age 9-10: Slow Worm by Thomas aged 10; Age 11-13: Bee by Ben aged 13; Age 14-17: Butterfly by Callum aged 17. CONGRATULATIONS to all our winners! @LeicsWildlife @Natures_Voice @BirdLife_News @WildlifeTrusts

Hats off to the @TheBirdfair team! Sad though it was to miss all the face-to-face wildlife, nature and photography chat this year, Virtual #Birdfair has been brilliant. The talks that were recorded are online for three months. https://t.co/MClwhRlLXE

Just retweeting this again because we loved all your replies! #Birdfair

Thank you for your donations to this year's @BirdLife_News project, saving the Helmeted Hornbill. If you haven't donated yet - you can do so here https://t.co/6QKjUwumck #Birdfair @LeicsWildlife @Natures_Voice @WildlifeTrusts @RSPBbirders @BirdGuides

Still to come at Virtual #Birdfair - we'll be announcing the winners of the @CanonUKandIE photography competition shortly! @LeicsWildlife @Natures_Voice

Well, that's the last LIVE session at this year's #Birdfair done! We hope you've enjoyed the last SIX days of Virtual Birdfair. Remember, all the talks will be online for 3 months + the live ones were recorded & will be on our website next week. @LeicsWildlife @Natures_Voice

If you were watching our Virtual #Birdfair Careers Clinic & were wondering where the great @ConservCareers webinars & resources were - they're linked from the bottom of this page https://t.co/iYI3KPRTW8 #conservation #careers @TheBirdfair

The answer to the final #Birdfair puzzle: You'll be able to watch all 150+ talks & sessions on the Virtual Birdfair website for... Three months! The only exception is the Last Song of the Nightingale film which is online until 20 Sep.

Glad you found it useful Sam! And good luck with what will no doubt be an amazing conservation career! #Birdfair

"If you're looking to volunteer to add to your CV - be clever with your time! Harry Smith from @EssexWildlife on finding transferable skills, and competing in the busy world of Conservation volunteering! #Birdfair