BirdLife International

19/08/2026

Millions of birds, one epic superhighway! 🌏✈️

Follow the Endangered Great Knot on its incredible journey across the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. From the Siberian Arctic to the shores of Australia, this remarkable traveller connects cultures and countries through vital stopover sites like Pak Thale in Thailand and Sonadia Island in Bangladesh.🗺️

Discover why protecting these Key Biodiversity Areas is essential for both nature and the billions of people who share this path.📍

Read the full story 👉 https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/08/19/great-knots-journey-along-the-east-asian-australasian-flyway/

18/08/2026

Brown B***y: the fish that got away!🐦

HIH Princess Takamado shares her reflections and photographs of b***y species, taken on a trip to Japan's Ogasawara Islands.🏝️

In Japanese, Brown B***y is called “Katsuo-dori,” meaning “Bonito Bird.” From its name, one might assume that it is a bird that eats bonito, but it could never swallow a fish that large. Instead, they prey on the smaller fish that flee close to the surface while being chased by bonito beneath the sea. Where bo***es gather, schools of bonito are often pursuing fish nearby. 🐟

Members of the b***y family share similar body shapes, and this is closely tied to their method of hunting. Upon spotting fish from the air, they may plunge almost vertically towards the sea at speeds approaching 100km/h. Once underwater, they continue the pursuit with impressive agility. 🌊

Their chest, head and neck form a streamlined cone that minimises air resistance during the dive. Just before impact, they fold their wings tightly against the body and extend their legs directly behind them, creating the shape of an arrow and distributing the force of entry evenly through the body. 🏹

Read more in the article here👉 https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/08/17/brown-b***y-the-fish-that-got-away/

📷HIH Princess Takamado

17/08/2026

Birds know no borders. Neither do we. 🌍

Nature is in crisis. Habitat destruction, species loss, climate change – global challenges spanning countries and continents. To meet them, we need to act on the same scale. 💪

Each year, billions of birds travel the globe using flyways: avian superhighways linking their breeding and non-breeding grounds across the world. Flyways are how we act at the scale of the crisis, driving conservation that crosses borders.🐦

One month from now, we co-host the second ever Global Flyways Summit with our Partner Nature Kenya-the EANHS , in Nairobi. There, we'll showcase flyway-scale conservation led by our 125 Partners in 120 countries, backed by growing partnerships with development banks to mobilise finance where it's needed most.🌐

Together, we can turn the tide for birds and all life.🙌

12/08/2026

Celebrating our Partners across Africa! 🌍

Every day, BirdLife Partners are working with local communities to conserve some of the world's most important landscapes, protect threatened species and build a future where both people and nature can thrive. 🌿

In Africa, our Partnership brings together 27 national conservation organisations, supported by BirdLife regional offices in Nairobi, and Dakar, alongside a project office in São Tomé and Príncipe. 💚

Together we are protecting vulnerable birds across Africa, restoring vital sites along the African-Eurasian Flyway, collaborating with local communities to build climate resilience through nature-based solutions, and strengthening the conservation movement across the continent. 🤝

Every Partner brings unique knowledge, experience and leadership, but we share one goal: protecting Africa's incredible birds, biodiversity and the people who depend on healthy ecosystems.

Discover our Africa Partners and celebrate the organisations and communities making a difference every day.

Learn more here 👉 https://www.birdlife.org/our-partners-africa/


BirdLife International Africa

07/08/2026

Protecting the Pacific, together! 🌊🙌

BirdLife Pacific is a flourishing network of eight national conservation organisations, supported by a regional BirdLife team based in Fiji and working alongside local and Indigenous communities across the region. 🌏

The Pacific is home to around a quarter of the world's globally threatened bird species and has more threatened bird species per unit of land area, and per person, than any other region on Earth. Protecting this extraordinary natural heritage has never been more important. 🐦

Together, we're restoring islands, protecting Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) and safeguarding our vast ocean spaces. Through this work, we’re recovering iconic species like the Manumea, Fatu Hiva Monarch, Fiji Petrel and Antipodean Albatross. We’re also supporting the transition to nature-positive renewable energy through AVISTEP. 💙

Discover our Pacific Partners and join us in celebrating the organisations and communities working every day to protect the region’s birds and biodiversity. 🌿

Learn more here 👉 https://www.birdlife.org/pacific/

06/08/2026

When Whimbrels sing on Colombia's Pacific coast, shellfish collectors know it's time to leave the water — the tide is coming in. 🌊

For Diana Eusse of Asociación Calidris , our Partner in Colombia, that connection between birds and people is what the work is all about. 🐦

Diana leads the Migratory Shorebird Project: a 15-year initiative connecting science, community monitoring, and conservation across 13 countries, from Alaska to Chile. 🌎

Her work is centred on Colombia's Pacific coast, which is home to some of the tallest and best-preserved mangrove forests in the world. 🌴

The Pacific coast is home to Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities who have managed these landscapes for generations. Calidris' slogan, "for the birds, with the people," reflects how central that relationship is to everything they do. 🤝

"Biodiversity conservation must be approached from a local and traditional perspective," Diana says. "People need secure and sustainable incomes for protecting nature to be a viable option." 💬

Read our latest Voices of the Flyways feature to hear more from Diana about her work along the Americas Flyway👉 https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/08/06/voices-of-the-flyways-diana-eusse/

Spanish below:
Cuando los zarapitos trinadores cantan en la costa del Pacífico colombiano, las personas que recolectan mariscos saben que es hora de salir del agua: la marea está subiendo. 🌊

Para Diana Eusse, de Asociación Calidris, nuestro Socio en Colombia, esa conexión entre las aves y las comunidades es justamente el corazón de su trabajo. 🐦

Diana lidera el Proyecto de Aves Playeras Migratorias, una iniciativa que lleva 15 años conectando la ciencia, el monitoreo comunitario y la conservación en 13 países, desde Alaska hasta Chile. 🌎

Gran parte de su trabajo se desarrolla en la costa del Pacífico colombiano, donde se encuentran algunos de los bosques de manglar más altos y mejor conservados del mundo. 🌴

Esta región también es el hogar de comunidades afrocolombianas e indígenas que han cuidado y gestionado estos territorios durante generaciones. El lema de Calidris, “por las aves, con la gente,” refleja la importancia que tiene esta relación en todo lo que hacen. 🤝

“La conservación de la biodiversidad debe abordarse desde una perspectiva local y tradicional”, explica Diana. “Las personas necesitan ingresos seguros y sostenibles para que proteger la naturaleza sea una opción realmente viable”. 💬

Lee la nueva entrega de nuestra serie Voices of the Flyways y conoce más sobre Diana y su trabajo a lo largo del Corredor Migratorio de las Américas: https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/08/06/voices-of-the-flyways-diana-eusse/

BirdLife International Americas

04/08/2026

A network for nature across Asia. 🌏

BirdLife International Asia is a dynamic network of 14 national conservation organisations, working across the world’s largest continent to protect birds and their habitats. Supported by a regional BirdLife team based in Singapore, our Partners each bring unique expertise to one shared mission. 🤝

Asia is connected by two of the world’s great migratory bird flyways; the Central-Asian Flyway and East-Asian Australasian Flyway, linking breeding and wintering grounds across thousands of kilometres. By working together across borders, our Asia Partners help ensure birds thrive throughout their journeys. 🐦

From our longest-standing Partner, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), founded in 1883, to our growing network of collaborators across the region, BirdLife Asia demonstrates the power of local organisations working together to deliver conservation at a continental scale. 🌱

Discover our Asia Partners and join us in celebrating the organisations and communities working every day to protect the region’s birds and biodiversity. 💚

Learn more here: https://www.birdlife.org/asia/

31/07/2026

Across the estuaries and mudflats of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway travels a bird on the edge of extinction: the Spoon-billed Sandpiper. 🌏

Boasting a bill worthy of a cutlery drawer, affectionately-termed ‘Spoonies’ sift through mud and shallow water for invertebrates and small fish. 🥄

After a condensed breeding season in the remote tundra of northeastern Russia, Spoonies stop off at critical coastal sites throughout East Asia to rest and refuel. ⛽

But the flyway which Spoonies call home runs straight through the fastest-developing region on Earth, and human development is pushing this enigmatic bird to the brink. 🪫

Habitat destruction, hunting, and bycatch — when birds are caught by fishing boats — have significantly reduced the population in recent years 📉

Conservation efforts such as captive breeding, hunting mitigation, and new protected areas are giving Spoonies a fighting chance, but we need to do more. 🥊

Donate today to give a lifeline to Spoonies and migratory birds across our flyways 👉 https://www.birdlife.org/campaigns-appeals/

29/07/2026

Follow the Pallas's Fish-eagle! 🦅

Each year, a myriad of birds travel across the Central Asian Flyway, traversing various Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs), and connecting distant breeding grounds in Siberia and Mongolia to wintering spots across South Asia.🐦

At the heart of this journey lies Nepal’s Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, a site where birds can rest and refuel for their high-altitude crossings of the Himalayas. ⛰️

✅ Recognised by BirdLife International as one of 32 priority sites for the Central Asian Flyway, Koshi Tappu serves as a lifeline for high-fliers like the Bar-headed Goose and the Endangered Pallas's Fish-eagle.

Discover more about this essential site here 👉 https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/07/29/koshi-tappus-vital-role-in-the-central-asian-flyway/

Key Biodiversity Areas BirdLife International Asia

28/07/2026