Educational Activity

As previous years KuzeyDoga Society will be celebrating World Migratory Bird Day at Aras Bird Research and Education Center in northeastern Turkey. Aras valley is an important bird migration site where millions of passerines and soaring birds migrate from Africa to Eurasia and vice versa. KuzeyDoga Society has been ringing birds in this valley since 2006 and the data we have collected how Aras valley is important for bird migration due to the individuals we retrapped.

Bangladesh is a poor and over-populated country. A high number of children live in slums and a good number have no home. They live in parks or on the road side in Dhaka and other big cities of Bangladesh. Destitute children do not have then chance to study nature and birds. So we are going to arrange a programmee for these children and to celebrate with them World Migratory Bird Day 2011.

Educational trip for schoolstudents and teachers to the largest stop-over site for migrating birds on the East Atlantic flyway. The event will include birdwatching activities, participation in cultural festivals and field excursions.

The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority will celebrate World Migratory Bird Day with a festival and educational activities to raise awareness for migratory birds. The celebrations will take place at Bijata Shala National Park from 14-15 May 2011 and the media will be invited to this event.

The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority will organise a festival and educational activities to raise awareness for migratory birds on World Migratory Bird Day at Addis Abeba.

This event consists of a photo competition with the aim to highlight avifaunal populations at the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. The competition also aims to raise awareness among hobby photographers that are interested in migratory bird species.

The event will highlight the impacts of the massive developments in the Emirate on bird populations that migrate across the city. Furthermore, a breeding programme of Flamingoes will be presented by the Dubai Zoo and the methods by which the breeding pairs are reintroduced into the wild.

Ketapang is a region in the west Borneo province that holds the biggest wetlands in Indonesia. Among them are beaches, rice fields, mangroves, rivers, lakes, oxbows, swamps etc. These areas are the best habitats for birds and many of them migrate to Ketapang every year. Because of the variety of birds, this area is also very attractive for tourism and could help to promote this region of Indonesia.

EDWA will organise birdwatching and awareness raising activities on migratory birds and their habitats that occur in and around Entebbe.

Early morning bird hike at ICF from 7 am - 9 am. Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day and ICF's 23rd Annual Bird-a-thon with an early morning bird hike at ICF.