Birdwatching

The Baillie Birdathon is the oldest sponsored bird count in North America, raising money for bird research and conservation. The challenge that keeps participants coming back year after year is to identify as many bird species as possible within a 24-hour period, during the month of May. The money raised benefits Bird Studies Canada, the James L. Baillie Memorial Fund, and participating migration monitoring stations and conservation organizations (designated by participants to receive a portion of funds raised).

Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN) will organise birdwatching training in several parts of the country and then take our participants to sites where many migratory birds can be observed. This event will be conducted at Pokhara, Koshi, Jagdishpur and Kathmandu.

The celebration will start on Saturday, 14th May with a trip to Jabboul Lake north east of Syria for birdwatching activities. 15-20 Journalists will accompany this trip. In the afternoon a roundtable in Aleppo will discuss the role of migratory birds in nature, with a special focus on the Syrian environment.

Come and watch some of the birds that appear on Tejo River, and learn about them together with SPEA staff and volunteers.

We organize a count of storks and raptors over the Bosphorus during each spring. Anybody can come and join us everyday between 0900hrs and 1700hrs. The results of the count is daily published on the web.

Week-end oiseaux " Les changements
d’utilisation des sols–vue à vol d'oiseau ": lieu Cité el manara Gabes

Wattführung im Weltnaturerbe Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer mit Vogelbeobachtung und Erläuterung des Vogelzugs.

Guided tour through the mudflat at the world heritage site national park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstein with birdwatching and information to bird migration.

Workshop on the AEWA as a tool for the Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds. Particular attention will be paid to threats of habitats on migratory routes.
On May 15, a birdwatching event will be held in the Fucecchio Marshes both for the participants of the workshop and for the public.
The Fucecchio Marshes is a wide inland marsh situated along the migratory routes between the High Adriatic Wetland Area and the Mid-Tyrrenian coast. It is included in IBA, SIC and ZPS areas.

The event will involve BirdLife staff members. As part of celebrating the event, the BLI staff in Nairobi will take part in a bird walk at a site not very far from the city (tbc). The organizers are still exploring the possibility of being joined by other members of the public (students etc.).

Wattwanderung zur Hallig Gröde (ca. 8 km) mit Vogelbeobachtungen (Ringelgänse und arktische Limikolen) und Erklärungen zu ihrem Zugverhalten, ihre Gefährdung und zur Lebensweise. Gröde ist die ursprünglichste und schönste der weltweit einmaligen Halligen Nordfrieslands im Nationalpark und Weltnaturerbe Wattenmeer mit den größten Ringelganskonzentrationen. Rückfahrt mit dem Schiff, eine Anmeldung ist erforderlich.