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BirdLife International We are the only global Partnership conserving birds and all life on our planet. 🦜🌍 BirdLife is widely recognised as the world leader in bird conservation.
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BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation Partnership. Together we are over 100 BirdLife Partners worldwide – one per country – and growing. We are driven by our belief that local people, working for nature in their own places but connected nationally and internationally through our global Partnership, are the key to sustaining all life on this planet. This unique local-to-global approach delivers high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people. Rigorous science informed by practical feedback from projects on the ground in important sites and habitats enables us to implement successful conservation programmes for birds and all nature. We believe that our actions are providing both practical and sustainable solutions significantly benefiting nature and people. On this website you will find many examples of BirdLife success stories from every corner of the globe.

15/10/2026

Migratory birds can connect places thousands of kilometres apart, and their journeys can help scientists understand how our world is changing.

In this BirdEyes film from Global Flyways, researchers from the University of Groningen follow species including European Spoonbills and Bar-tailed Godwits using tracking technology, field research and long-term data.

Their movements link the Wadden Sea with landscapes across Europe, West Africa and Siberia, helping researchers understand how changes in climate, food and habitat can affect birds across an entire migration route.

Watch the full film to see how BirdEyes is combining science and storytelling to uncover the stories hidden within migration: https://contentwithpurpose.co.uk/birdlife/globalflyways/series_partners/university-of-groningen/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic_social

🎥: Content With Purpose

THE WORLD’S BIRDS HAVE A NEW SONG. 🎶🐦 And today, you can finally hear it! Introducing The Global Birdsong, an original A...
14/10/2026

THE WORLD’S BIRDS HAVE A NEW SONG. 🎶🐦

And today, you can finally hear it!

Introducing The Global Birdsong, an original Afro-electronic track created from more than 100 bird songs and calls contributed by BirdLife Partners around the world.

From forests to wetlands, across continents and flyways, these bird voices have been transformed into music by Timothy Arinaitwe and Axel Wild, bringing the sounds of our global Partnership together in one extraordinary chorus. 🌍

Released in collaboration with Sounds Right, the track credits NATURE as an artist, meaning a portion of streaming royalties will go directly to help fund biodiversity conservation.

🎧 The Global Birdsong is OUT NOW on all major streaming platforms. Listen, turn it up and help us spread the word!

👉 https://soundsright.lnk.to/TheGlobalBirdsong

💛 ONE FLOCK. ONE CHORUS.

13/10/2026

A cup of coffee can connect us to places we may never see.

In the Central Highlands of Peru, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company visits its long-time partners at PANGOA to explore how coffee growing can support people, nature and migratory birds. The film reminds us that behind every cup, there is a farmer, a family, a community and a landscape.

For migratory birds, those landscapes matter. Certified Bird Friendly® coffee is grown in ways that help conserve habitat, including organic production, diverse tree species, canopy height and shade cover. These conditions help create places where birds can nest, breed and find refuge during the season.

The films also show how everyday choices can build wider impact. When coffee drinkers choose bird-friendly coffee, and when importers, farmers and roasters work together, they can help increase demand for production methods that protect habitats and support communities.

Coffee is part of a global system, and it can also be part of a global solution. Watch the Dean’s Beans films in the Global Flyways series, produced in partnership with CWP, to learn how bird-friendly coffee can help protect migratory birds and the habitats they depend on: https://contentwithpurpose.co.uk/birdlife/globalflyways/series_partners/deans-beans-organic-coffee-company/

🎥: Content With Purpose

10/10/2026

This World Migratory Bird Day, we are proud to launch Global Flyways: a new video series filmed across 20 countries and five continents.

Created by BirdLife International and Content With Purpose, the series takes you on a journey across the world’s great flyways, following the remarkable lives of migratory birds and the people working to protect them.

From restored wetlands in Finland and tropical dry forests in Colombia to shorebird estuaries in Argentina, mangroves in Mozambique, grasslands in North America and salt marshes in southern Spain, Global Flyways reveals the habitats that make migration possible.

Along the way, you will meet communities, scientists, volunteers, BirdLife Partners and conservation organisations working across borders to protect the places birds need to breed, rest, feed and survive.

Migratory birds may travel across the invisible borders humans draw between countries and regions, but their journeys depend on real landscapes, ecosystems and communities connected across the planet.

Global Flyways is a story of wonder, urgency and hope, showing what becomes possible when people work together for birds and all life.

Moved by these stories? Your next step can start close to home. Explore Global Flyways and find out how to connect with your local BirdLife Partner or another local conservation group to support the protection of migratory birds and their habitats across borders.

Watch the films and discover how you can get involved: https://contentwithpurpose.co.uk/birdlife/globalflyways/?utm_source=meta&utm_medium=organic_social

Get ready for our flyways film series! 🎥 Across continents, people are working to protect the flyways that migratory bir...
08/10/2026

Get ready for our flyways film series! 🎥

Across continents, people are working to protect the flyways that migratory birds depend on. This World Migratory Bird Day, their stories take flight on screen. 🐦

Global Flyways, a new digital series from BirdLife International and Content With Purpose , launches Saturday 10th October.🌎

The series travels four flyways and the marine routes that connect seabirds, meeting researchers tracking migratory birds and communities restoring tropical dry forest.🌳

Filmed across 19 countries and five continents, it connects local action to a shared global challenge. 🌐

A bird's journey crosses many borders, and protecting it takes collaboration across all of them. This Saturday, discover the stories of the people making it happen.🙌

📷Content With Purpose

07/10/2026

We’ve got something special coming… 🎶🐦

One song. 100+ bird voices from around the world. A year in the making.

Save the date: 14th October.

The Global Birdsong — Timothy Arinaitwe x Axel Wild x NATURE.

🎧 Pre-save following the link in our bio

06/10/2026

Take your birdwatching to new heights this World Migratory Bird Day! 🐦🔎📈

Twice a year, millions of people around the world look to the skies to witness the wonder of bird migration. 🪽

But these incredible journeys are under threat: 45% of migratory bird species are in decline, with 1 in 9 threatened with extinction. ⚠️

Thankfully, we can all help this 10th October. Every bird we see, count and record helps build the knowledge needed to protect migratory birds and the habitats they depend on. 💪

So, get counting, share your sightings, and help us save our migratory birds. 🧮

Next year, make your observations count even more on May’s World Migratory Bird Day, with our Race to Save Birds challenge. 🏃‍

You can get sponsored for every bird you see and help fund our vital conservation work — find out more: https://www.birdlife.org/getcounting/

Animation by Hannah Science Animation Studio

Birding with passion!🐦💫 A trip to the Americas gave HIH Princess Takamado the opportunity to witness natural spectacles ...
02/10/2026

Birding with passion!🐦💫

A trip to the Americas gave HIH Princess Takamado the opportunity to witness natural spectacles and hear from two of our Partners about the activities they’re undertaking and challenges they’re facing.🌎

“Let me begin at Chipinque Ecological Park in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, where we were guided by BirdLife’s Partner, Pronatura. This protected area covers 1,791 hectares and is located in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range. It is known for its rich ecosystem, spectacular views, and sheer variety of pine trees.⛰️

Similarly, in Dallas, USA, we were accompanied by a guide from the National Audubon Society around the Trinity River Audubon Center. There, we were able to observe many ibises and herons, as well as colourful members of the bunting family.

Opened in 2008, the centre stands on what was once an illegal dumping site. The restored habitats include lowland broadleaf forest, wetlands and ponds, and Blackland Prairie. 🌳

Their passion for protecting the natural world and the ecosystems they cherish is every bit as powerful as the enthusiasm of supporters cheering from the stands at a football match.🙌

For me, as Honorary President of both the Japan Football Association and BirdLife International, this was a visit that deeply moved me with their passion.”

Read more in her article here 👉https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/10/01/birding-with-passion/

📷 HIH Princess Takamado

Making our cities safe for migratory birds. 🏙️🐦 Every year, millions of migratory birds travel across the Americas Flywa...
30/09/2026

Making our cities safe for migratory birds. 🏙️🐦

Every year, millions of migratory birds travel across the Americas Flyway, relying on a network of places to rest and refuel along the way.

But when these vital stopover sites are in cities, birds can face new challenges, including collisions with glass buildings and windows. 🪟

In Panama City, CAF – the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean – is putting a new approach into practice.

As part of the Americas Flyways Initiative, BirdLife International and the National Audubon Society are working with CAF - banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe to integrate bird-friendly design into Hub Norte, CAF’s new regional hub — the first bird-friendly building in its infrastructure portfolio. 🙌

In our latest Voices of the Flyways edition, Luisa Plaza Urrutia, a civil engineer and executive at CAF, shares how biodiversity considerations are being incorporated into the project from the earliest stages.

Read the full Q&A to learn more about the project and the role that bird-friendly architecture can play in creating more sustainable cities 👉 https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/09/29/voices-of-the-flyways-luisa-plaza-urrutia/

BirdLife International Americas

Spanish translation below:👇

Ciudades más seguras para las aves migratorias. 🏙️🐦

Cada año, millones de aves migratorias recorren las rutas de las Américas y dependen de una red de sitios donde pueden detenerse, descansar y alimentarse durante sus largos viajes.

Pero cuando estos lugares se encuentran en entornos urbanos, las aves enfrentan nuevos riesgos, entre ellos las colisiones con ventanas y fachadas de vidrio. 🪟

En Ciudad de Panamá, el Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe (CAF) está incorporando una nueva forma de abordar este desafío.

Como parte de la Iniciativa de Rutas de Aves Migratorias de las Américas (AFI), BirdLife International y National Audubon Society trabajan junto a CAF para integrar criterios de diseño amigables con las aves en Hub Norte, el nuevo hub regional de CAF y el primer edificio de su portafolio de infraestructura diseñado con este enfoque. 🙌

En nuestra nueva edición de Voices of the Flyways, Luisa Plaza Urrutia, ingeniera civil y ejecutiva de CAF, cuenta cómo el proyecto está incorporando consideraciones de biodiversidad desde sus primeras etapas.

Lee la entrevista completa para conocer más sobre el Hub Norte y sobre cómo una arquitectura pensada también para las aves puede contribuir a construir ciudades más sostenibles 👉 https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/09/29/voices-of-the-flyways-luisa-plaza-urrutia/

One Partnership. One extraordinary week in Nairobi. 🌍For the second time in BirdLife’s 104-year history, our global Part...
24/09/2026

One Partnership. One extraordinary week in Nairobi. 🌍

For the second time in BirdLife’s 104-year history, our global Partnership gathered on African soil, coming together from across more than 120 countries to shape what comes next for birds and nature. 🌱

We strengthened our shared direction to 2030, learned from conservation happening across the Partnership, celebrated the people behind it and saw major new commitments to global conservation goals.

At the end of the week came the Global Flyways Summit: the launch of State of the World’s Birds, a Nairobi Flyways Declaration bringing together 125+ organisations and individuals across sectors and a new Flyways bond framework putting bird science into the first steps of major investment decisions. 🪽

There were awards, debates, reunions, new ideas, music, dancing and countless conversations about what we can achieve together. Then, just like the birds, we scattered again. Back across the world, until the next time. 🐦

Join us as we look back at the moments that made Nairobi unforgettable 👉 https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/09/24/an-omnibus-scrapbook-of-nairobi-the-global-partnership-meeting-and-global-flyways-summit-2026/

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