Festival

YALA IBA

As an IBA, Yala swamp is a haven endowed with some of the most fascinating variety of birds. A number of bird enthusiasts visit Yala swamp to enjoy bird watching, and there are existing opportunities in recognizing the value of birds including generating income from ecotourism with birds as a tourist attraction.

Past WMBD events

The Skaw area in Denmark is one of the best migratory bird watching spot in the northwestern part of Europa. The festival are arranged by Birdlife Denmark. Guided tours, ringing of birds, information center at the white lighthouse and Birdlife Denmarks Nature Shop are some of the events on the festival.

Vancouver Bird Week is an annual celebration of birds. Through the city are walks, lectures, films, art work, workshops, and photography exhibitions. The theme for 2016 is birds in the garden. Bird Week in 2018 will coincide with the International Ornithological Congress to be held in the Vancouver Convention Centre in August. Go to www,vancouverbirdweek.ca for more.

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.