From pollination to pest control, #MigratoryBirds help keep our 🌍's ecosystems healthy.

On today’s #WorldMigratoryBirdDay , here are 4️⃣ reasons why birds matter for people and planet.

#WMBD2024

It's #WorldMigratoryBirdDay ! 🐦

Each year our amazing migratory birds travel thousands of miles - connecting continents & relying on insects to fuel their epic travels.

Follow the fascinating journey of the Swift in our map below 👇

Journée mondiale des oiseaux migrateurs 2024

L’objectif de la journée mondiale des oiseaux migrateurs est de sensibiliser à la conservation des oiseaux migrateurs et de leurs habitats.

#PNBA
#journée_mondiale_des_oiseaux_migrateurs

I have been doing radar fieldwork in China with my good friend Hongqiang Feng for 20 years, culminating in this large study of nocturnal insect migration above East China. We show that 9 trillion insects (=16,000 tons) fly above this region each year! 1/2
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#Spoonbill PUCCI, returned to birth-place #Schiermonnikoog as 2-year old! Sporting tufts & maturely coloured bill, dark wing tips still give away it as a youngster. Will PUCCI engage with partner this season, or 'just' enjoy friendships? Photo M. Franken globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/species…

After 2-week journey to #Jutland , #Denmark , #spoonbill BRAVEHEART returned to #Schiermonnikoog . Lost nest to high tide, but may now try again. Colour-ringed here as chick in 2010, made excursions to Denmark at least as 2- & 6-year old, so retracing steps. globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/species…

¡Hoy es el día! Global Big Day. A observar y contar aves en todo el mundo. #díamundialdelasavesmigratorias

Happy #WorldMigratoryBirdDay !

In her video message, Amy Fraenkel, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), calls for the urgent need for global action to safeguard both insects and migratory birds.

Learn how to #ProtectInsectsProtectBirds on #WMBD2024 !

The big day has arrived. Crowd starting to pour in at Hawk Mountain's amphitheatre for the 90th anniversary symposium on global raptor conservation. Exciting stuff!

On the occasion of #WorldMigratoryBirdDay , the top national newspaper in #Bangladesh , Prothorn Alo, published a feature on the reseach on black-tailed #godwits by Global Flyway Network and University of Groningen PhD student Delip Das Bisharga entitled 'They are long travellers'! NL in BD #flyway

A beautiful male Black-tailed #Godwit , which we color-flagged and ringed (yfyf BLY) in #NijhumDweep #Bangladesh for my #PhD research, on 2nd January 2022, was resighted in Yongning County, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, and photographed by Zhu Dongning.

#shorebird #migration #CAF

#WorldMigratoryBirdDay (May 11) is an opportunity to shine a light not only on these amazing birds but also on the insects that sustain so many of them🐛

And on the wetlands that are critical for insects, birds and people

Great blog by WWF's Vivian Fu: medium.com/WWFWater/worl…

Red #knots of (dark) piersmai subspecies now migrate north along China coast. In Minjiang estuary, Fujian, tagged birds from Manila Bay project & the long-term Global Flyway Network project in NW Australia were walking together. Photo credit CHEN Yongcheng.
Read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ib…

And look at this one!!! And guess what, people haven’t knocked their nests down from year to year #HouseMartins #France

Mooi stuk obv predatie-onderzoek van het Global Flyway Network grutto-team en met name Rienk Fokkema en Arne van Eerden.

Kat it faakst sjoen yn de greide, mar foks is gruttere fijân foar fûgels omropfryslan.nl/fy/nijs/165005… #omropfryslân

Flame Fiddler Crab . . . This species is highly abundant on the mudflats of Roebuck Bay, North Western Australia. I was inspired to create this by some of the images I took during my time as Warden at Broome Bird Observatory some years ago. #crab #crab bing #nature #WildOz

Shorebird scientists are like #shorebirds : in small flocks they exchange relevant information & eat together. With 150 red #knots & 50 curlew sandpipers behind them, @globalflyway, Beijing Normal Univ., Team Peng & Tong Mu post on Nanpu seawall, Luannan county, China, 08May24

This year, #WorldMigratoryBirdDay highlights insects' vital role in sustaining migratory bird populations. Shorebird migrations often synchronize with insect abundance, which is crucial for their nourishment at stopover sites, during breeding, and when rearing young.

Proud to present our new study entitled “Predicting resilience of migratory birds to environmental change”. Silke Bauer Phil Battley Marcel Klaassen Nick Murray Bethany Hoye Victorian Wader Study Group AWI Media PNASNews doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

Two of these four Whimbrel are now in Iceland, one is in Ireland and 'Escadinhas' is still in France.
The bigger picture: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/09/22/a-w…
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology