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World Migratory Bird Day 2016

World Migratory Bird Day 2016 - "… and when the skies fall silent?"

Bonn, 14 April 2016 - Join the celebration of a great natural wonder on World Migratory Bird Day! Take action and celebrate, conserve and raise awareness of migratory birds on or around 10 May 2016 by organizing educational programmes, lectures, bird walks, visits to bird-watching sites, competitions, art exhibitions and other public events.

15.4.2016
World Migratory Bird Day 2016 - Poster

World Migratory Bird Day 2016 – Website Now Live

Bonn, 29 March 2016 – the website for the 2016 World Migratory Bird Day is now online and organizers are invited to register their events. The design of this year’s poster (see below) has also been finalized and print copies will be available along with other promotional materials such as postcards and stickers.

30.3.2016

WMBD Video Competition Results

Bonn, 5 June 2015 – The Secretariats of CMS and AEWA are marking this year’s World Environment Day (WED), the annual awareness-raising campaign led by UNEP, by announcing the winners of the first-ever World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) video competition.

5.6.2015

Have you already joined the World Migratory Bird Day Thunderclap? Join us and lend your voice to conserve migratory birds and their habitats!

2.4.2015

We are Delighted to Present to You the Brand-new World Migratory Bird Day Website!

After many hours of hard work, we are excited to share with you our newly designed website. Please explore our pages and find all you need to know about migratory birds, this year’s theme “Energy - make it bird-friendly!”, how to take action on World Migratory Bird Day 2015 and much more. We restructured the whole website content and menu – but no worries, you will not miss anything!

30.3.2015

WMBD 2015 Poster is available in seven languages: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, Italian and German! Download them here. Do you speak another language? Please help us to share the WMBD poster and other materials in as many languages as possible and contact us.

16.3.2015

The theme for this WMBD 2015 is set: "Energy make it bird-friendly!"

Find out more about migratory birds and energy and take action on 9-10 May 2015 to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day!

16.3.2015