Festival

Following the success of the past three years, the Opera Choir "Chorale Lirica San Rocco" from Bologna has generously offered to raise their voices for the worldwide protection of migratory birds again.

The concert will be held in the Hall of the University of Bonn on Sunday 8 May 2016, at 11am. Find more information on the WMBD 2016 Bonn concert Flyer.

Over the last 2 years, Biodiversity Society found that migratory birds, especially Oriental Honey Buzzard and Japanese Sparrow-hawk use the same place in Mount Slamet Forest for roosting site. Some of them roosted in the village which are really close to human settlements. In order to increase awareness on local people, we would like to promote this information to local villagers, so they can live in harmony with migratory birds and protect the area from poachers who are still frequently present in Indonesia.

Join the Isabella Conservation District and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe as we celebrate World Migratory Bird Day!  This event will be held at the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways on Saturday May 14th from 1PM to 4PM.  Come view an "eagle dance", participate in bird banding, create bird related crafts, and cap off your day with a live birds of prey presentation!  This is the 5th year for this event!  Come help us make it bigger and better than ever!

Festival de aves migratorias no Parque Nacional da Lagoa do Peixe.Apresentaçoes,palestras,mini-cursos,saidas a campo para observaçao de aves.

We plan to make the event happen along side the Lagos Carnival 2015. Thereby creating more awareness among carnival visitors. The flyers will be distributed and a banner will most likely be made. We hope to see you there.

A photoexhibition of birds is being organised on the theme of "Wonderful Migration of birds". All pictures will be shown in the exhibition. They are made by Guldev Raj, wildlife photographer and head of Himalayan avians foundation.

Caceres Bird Festival, Spain

The ornithological and environmental wealth of Caceres, a World Heritage Site and the third Monumental Site in Europe, is the theme for this festival which takes place each year in May and which enables us to enjoy and discover the capital city of Caceres from a different perspective.

Banyumas, a regency in Central Java Province, Indonesia, is a destination for hundreds of migratory birds every year. They use areas of forest  in Banyumas for roosting while they migrate to tropical areas. Unfortunately, the conservation of migratory birds has to compete for attention with other issues.

WMBD is a strategic opoprtunity for raising awareness of the importance of saving forests as the home of thousands of wild animals, including migratory birds.

The activity that we will perform is in a National Park in Colombia (PARQUE NACIONAL NEVADO DEL HUILA). In the indigenous communities the provided material will support learning activities and underpin the importance of the park's ecosystem and habitat of present migratory species. It will help to understand the patterns of migration and shaping records based on observations on field trips to areas of forests. We will conduct workshops, birdwatching, drawing birds and recordings of bird songs.

We want to inform you that the Iraqi Organisation for Conservation of Nature (IOCN) in conjunction with Department of Environment of college of science of Qadisiya university will celebrates in the upcoming WMBD helding in Al-Dalmaj marsh southrn Iraq which is considered one of the most important route for bird annual migration, this festival will conclude some lectures led by expert to create awarness between the stackeholder and distribute boruchures and posters regarding to this important issue.