Be a part of birding’s biggest team! Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds around you. No matter where you are, join us virtually on 13 May, help celebrate World Migratory Bird Day, and share the birds you find with eBird.

Eastern Bird Fair is the exciting new hub for Eastern European birding and beyond.
Based in Durankulak in Bulgaria on the border with Romania, both are the south-eastern most countries in the European Union. The region has one of the richest avifauna of Europe so is not only the perfect location as the nucleus of Eastern European birding but is also the exit gateway beyond the East of Europe to Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea area.
For more information, please visit: http://www.eastern-birdfair.com/

This year’s October Big Day 2020 is happening during the first Global Bird Weekend. The goal of Global Bird Weekend is to make October 17-18 the biggest ever birding weekend and support BirdLife International’s appeal to end illegal bird trade. One of Global Bird Weekend’s aims is to have more than 25,000 people submit eBird checklists on 17 October—will you be one of them?

For more information about the event, please visit: https://ebird.org/news/october-big-day-2020-bigger-than-ever

Every year approximately 6.5 million soaring birds migrate between Europe, Asia and Africa using two major flyways crossing Anatolia. 2 million storks and raptors fly over İstanbul while 1.2 million raptors pass from the Batumi bottleneck and enter Anatolia from north-east. Millions of ducks and geese also use these paths. Sadly large numbers of these birds are killed illegally and they also face other major threats such as electrocution, poisoning and collision with powerlines.

More info at: http://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/help-us-tackle-illegal-killing-migratory-birds-turkey

Six of Africa’s 11 vulture species – the continent’s largest and most recognisable birds of prey – are now at a higher risk of extinction, according to the latest assessment of birds carried out by BirdLife International for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

The main causes of the drop in African vulture populations are thought to be indiscriminate poisonings, where the birds are drawn to poisoned baits, use of vulture body parts in traditional medicine, and deliberate targeting by poachers, as the presence of vultures can alert authorities to illegally killed big game carcasses.

If you are in any way moved by this story, please visit: www.birdlife.org/savevultures