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The COM World Show 2021

Every year COM-UK (The federation of the IOA & NCA who runs the team for the World Show) would, by now, be busy promoting the 2021 World Show organised by the CONFEDERATION ORNITHOLOGIQUE MONDIALE (C.O.M.) and organising the show team to be taken to the show. Unfortunately, this will not happen for January 2021.

Initially the show was going to be held in January 2021 in Valencia and organised by COM-Spain. However, the organisation has pulled out because of the effect of Covid-19 in Spain and will be organising the show in January 2022 instead. COM-Portugal, with COM agreement, decided to stage the show instead and it was going to be held in Santarém, which is north of Lisbon but sadly that too was cancelled because the Covid threat.

COM, with the assistance of the Turkish Federation (TKKKF), agreed to hold the 2021 World Show in Istanbul, Turkey but at a later date in December. The show will open to the public from 3rd to 5th December 2021 and the airport to fly to will be Istanbul.

Initially the COM-UK committee has discussed by email the possibility of participation in Portugal but agreed unanimously not to participate. This was because of the Covid-19 restrictions on travel and possibility of quarantine on return. The vulnerable age group of most members of COM-UK management committee was another factor as well as the fact that the UK will be out of the EU by the beginning of this year and DEFRA have still not finalised all the regulations about taking birds out of the country and then return with them.

The COM-UK committee have not met yet due to the Covid restriction but hope to do so in the summer when restrictions on gathering would have eased up a bit and will make the decision if they will participate at the 2021 World Show in Istanbul.

COM-UK wish the Turkish Federation every success in organising the World Show. More details can be found on COM-UK website www.comuk.co.uk in due course but of course we hope to take part in the 2022 World Show in Spain.

Ghalib Al-Nasser
COM-UK Secretary & Publicity Officer