Festival

Raising National Profile for Migratory Birds in Kenya

Processions will be held at the first 5 sites, including public meetings with speeches, children singing, banners and posters of WMBD. The local Site Support Groups will organise these events. A special bird walk with a focus on migratory birds will take place on 5 April at Nairobi National Park (a minibus will be hired to bring people there). There will be extensive media coverage and articles in the press. A report with pictures will be produced and sent to the BirdLife Africa Secretariat

WINGS

WINGS is the central launching event of the first WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY (WMBD). It promisses to be a magical and poignant artistic creation by a group of well known international artists and performers to help celebrate the launch of the World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD). WINGS will take place on the edge of the Great Rift Valley - at Ol Ari Nyiro, Laikipia Nature Conservancy on the 9th April 2006 and is an initiative from Ms Kuki and Sveva Gallmann and the Great Rift Valley Trust.

ALAS

We will conduct an educational workshop about migratory birds and a slide show for kids. Emphasis was made on main threats to these birds and on a “friendly behavior to birds”. A drawing session is planned.

World Migratory Bird Day in Romania

Every year the National Bird Day is celebrated in Romania on 1 April. Because it is an old tradition for our country we decided to include this event in the celebration of the World Migratory Bird Day. We organized several activities meant to attract people’s attention on birds and the need to protect them.

Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival

April 21: 2nd Annual Pro-Enviro Fair at the University Sports & Fitness Center, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Registration for \\\\\\\"Birdwatching the Best Birds\\\\\\\". Free movie (7:00 pm): Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill\\\\\\\", UVI auditorium.

April 22: \\\\\\\"Birding for Beginners\\\\\\\" at the UVI Marine Science Center, 8:00 - 10:00 am. Free movie (7:00 pm) \\\\\\\"March of the Penguins\\\\\\\", UVI auditorium.

April 29: Submission of checklists and awards for Birding the Best Birds, UVI, 9:00 am until 1:00 pm.

Bird and Nature Festival

Each spring the Bird and Nature Festival is held in Abbeville and the towns facing the bay of the Somme. We organise a film and a photographic competitions, several art and photo exhibitons, workshops for children, lectures and many guided walks.The bird is the heart of the festival, many migratory birds stop here, the festival offers a unique opportunity to watch them and to know more about their life and habits.

WMBD 2007 in Uzbekistan

About 200 students and teachers of Bukhara State Unversity have celebrated the WMBD on 12 May 2007 in a nice place called Sarmyshsay near Navoi,SE Uzbekistan. This event was organized under the BirdLife/RSPB project \"Important Bird Areas in Uzbekistan\". Contacts for this WMBD Event are: Prof. Savridin Bakaev [[email protected]] Dr. Mukhtar Turaev Alexander Solokha [[email protected]]

WMBD 2007 Zimbabwe

-Poems by school kids -Presentations by BirdLife Zimbabwe staff and members -Birdwatching

Opening of Solana Ulcinj Information Centre, Montenegro

The new exhibition in the Solana Ulcinj offers local people and tourists information on the salt production and the importance of the 1.500 ha large wetland area for bird migration over the Adriatic Sea. The value of Solana Ulcinj is far beyond the production of salt, although the working places are important and the quality of the natural produced salt is high. Solana Ulcinj is a key site for waterbirds in bottleneck time during breeding, passage and wintering for the entire Bojana-Buna Delta and the Central European Flyway before and after crossing the Adriatic Sea.

Teacher Student Discussion Meeting both at University and at School level

Discussion meeting on \"Migratory Birds of Bangladesh in Changing Climate\" with teachers and students at university level which was held on 13 May 2007 in Dhaka. This meeting was organized to build awareness, reaching students and teachers with the message of the day and to sensitize them on the issue. It was part of environmental campaign of BNCS.

BNCS has also organized another meeting for school students and teachers outside Dhaka at Norshingdi on 15 May 2007.

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