Follow the Endangered Great Knot on its incredible journey across the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. 🗺️ Discover why protecting @keybiodiversity.bsky.social is essential for both nature and the billions of people who share this path.📍 Read the full story 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2026/08...

Brown Booby: the fish that got away!🐟 HIH Princess Takamado shares her reflections and photographs of booby species, taken on a trip to Japan's Ogasawara Islands.🏝️ Boobies may plunge towards the sea at speeds around 100km/h in pursuit of prey.🌊 Read more here👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2026/08...

Brown Booby: the fish that got away!

HIH Princess Takamado shares her reflections and photographs of booby species, taken on a trip to Japan’s Ogasawara Islands.

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Birds know no borders. Neither do we. 🌍 Next month we host the Global Flyways Summit, uniting scientists, conservationists and policymakers with finance, business and government to protect the flyways connecting our planet.️🐦 Because birds cross borders, and so must our work.🙌 #MigratoryBirds

When Whimbrels sing, the tide is coming in.🌊 Diana Eusse of Asociación Calidris in Colombia leads the Migratory Shorebird Project, connecting science and communities across 13 countries. "For the birds, with the people."🐦 Read more in our Voices of the Flyways👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2026/08...

Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper has a bill fit for any cutlery drawer, but the mudflats of the East-Asian Australasian Flyway that Spoonies call home are disappearing fast. 📉 Donate today and give Spoonies a fighting chance 👉 www.birdlife.org/campaigns-ap...

Bar-headed Goose crosses the Himalayas twice a year in one of Earth's most extraordinary migrations. 🏔️ However, persecution, habitat loss and infrastructure are putting them at risk. Help us protect the Central Asian Flyway👉 www.birdlife.org/campaigns-ap...

Lost bird? Not anymore! The Ghana Cuckooshrike has been documented for the first time in 13 years by IBCP researchers Stephanie Bartlett & Paulo Ditzel. Read the story: abcbirds.info/4vD4j6g @rewildorg.bsky.social and @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social

1️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ Partners!! 🎉 We are thrilled to welcome Samoa Conservation Society as BirdLife International’s newest Partner, enhancing conservation action across the Pacific and strengthening our global Partnership. 🌏 Discover more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2026/07...

Samoa Conservation Society joins as BirdLife’s 125th Partner

We are thrilled to welcome Samoa Conservation Society as BirdLife International’s newest Partner, adding to our Pacific region.

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Fly away with the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, along the Americas Flyway.🌎🐦 It makes much-needed stopovers in various @keybiodiversity.bsky.social (KBAs), providing essential ‘fuelling stations’ and refuges for this long-distance traveller. 📍🗺️ Uncover more here 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2026/07...

Meet the Endangered Egyptian Vulture: Europe's only long-distance migratory vulture, travelling the African-Eurasian Flyway.🪶🌍 The European population has reduced by 50% in 50 years, but our Partners are fighting back — and it's working. Help protect the flyways👉 www.birdlife.org/campaigns-ap...

Every great team relies on teamwork, especially forests. ⚽ Join #TeamForest and help protect forests for people, wildlife, and climate. 🌳 Join at panda.org/teamforest @worldwildlife.org @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social

Today is #WorldSeabirdDay !🐧 Worldwide, there are 365 seabird species grouped into 17 families.🌎 BirdLife’s Seabird Tracking Database hosts one of the most comprehensive collections of seabird tracking data, helping address the growing threats to seabirds. Discover more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org

🌳 Out Now: Trillion Trees ReForest Fund June 2026 Update! Forest restoration helps preserve wildlife habitat, strengthen watersheds & supports local communities. 📖 Read more: trilliontrees.org/2026/06/23/r... #GenerationRestoration @wwf.org.uk @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @worldwildlife.org

ReForest Fund Update - June 2026  - Trillion Trees

The Trillion Trees ReForest Fund continues to support forest restoration and conservation efforts around the world, helping local communities restore degraded landscapes, strengthen biodiversity, and ...

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It’s Scarlet Macaw Day!  🦜 Mainly found in South American countries, such as Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, these large parrots inhabit forests, savannas and mangroves where their bold colours are impossible to miss. 🌎

A world full of colour is a world full of life. 🌈 This Pride Month, we're celebrating the many colours that make our world richer, both in nature and in our communities. 🐦 💫 Together, we can create a future where birds, nature and people all have the chance to thrive. 🌿

Today is #WorldAlbatrossDay !🌊 Albatrosses are ocean wanderers that travel great distances along the marine flyways. The Seabird Tracking Database is the largest source of seabird tracking data in the world and it hosts over 300 albatross datasets!🌐 Find out more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org/species/

Incredible news!🎉We’ve been awarded a new £7.5 million grant from the Ecological Restoration Fund to support conservation across the African-Eurasian Flyway!🪽 The funding will allow us to scale up conservation efforts and support our incredible Partners. Learn more👉 www.birdlife.org/flyways-grant

BirdLife awarded £7.5 million to protect and restore one of the world’s great flyways

A new grant from the Ecological Restoration Fund will support critical conservation efforts at key sites along the African-Eurasian Flyway.

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Today is #WorldOceanDay ! 🌊 Seabirds navigate vast, predictable marine flyways – superhighways in the sky – across the open ocean, linking nations, ecosystems and hemispheres.🌏 Six marine flyways are used by more than 150 migratory seabird species.🗺️📍 Find out more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org

Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay!🌏 Migratory birds know no borders, journeying along their flyway over and through a range of environments, from forests, wetlands and grasslands to coastal, marine and urban spaces.🌿 When habitats thrive, birds thrive.🐦 Find out more👉 www.birdlife.org/globalflyways/

How satellite tracking birds is helping conserve a crucial wetland.🛰️⤵️ For @birdlifesa.bsky.social, conserving the Berg River Estuary is crucial for protecting the migratory birds of the African-Eurasian Flyway.🪽 Read our latest Voices of the Flyways to learn more👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2026/06...

FOUND! 🔍 Indonesia’s Blue-fronted Lorikeet 🦜 Hidden in the remote highlands of Mount Kapalatmada in Buru, Indonesia, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet has re-emerged after missing for more than a decade. 👀 Learn more here👉 www.birdlife.org/lorikeet-red... @abcbirds.bsky.social @rewildorg.bsky.social

Indonesia’s Blue-fronted Lorikeet found in unexplored forest

New records provide proof that the lost bird Blue-fronted Lorikeet persists in Buru’s highlands.

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Discover different bird nests!🪺 HIH Princess Takamado celebrates the arrival of nesting season in Japan with a selection of these structures made by different birds. 🙌 Nearly all species – except for a very few – make special nests for their breeding. Read more here👉 www.birdlife.org/bird-nests/

It’s #WorldParrotDay!🦜🌎 The 389 species of parrots worldwide are each unique – whether soaring over the rainforests, perching in mountainous habitats, or moving in the underbrush.🌿 But parrots are one of the most threatened groups of birds on Earth. Find out more👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/03...

Everything you need to know about parrots

Immerse yourself in the world of parrots: a kaleidoscope of colour in the canopy, a burst of chatter as a flock gathers, and remarkable intelligence that leaves you amazed.

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We are thrilled to be teaming up with @wetlandsint.bsky.social!🎉🦩 This new partnership will enable the conservation of crucial sites and species across wetlands and flyways. Together, we will protect waterbirds and their habitats across the globe.🦆✒️ Learn more here: www.wetlands.org

Exceptional news!🎉 Dr @stubutchart.bsky.social, our Chief Scientist, is one of over 90 outstanding researchers worldwide to be elected as a Fellow of the @royalsociety.org, the UK’s national academy of sciences.🌍 He joins the ranks of Stephen Hawking and Charles Darwin.🔬 Join us in celebrating!🙌

Out today: my interview for the Finding Wildlife podcast by Akash Mehta: founder of the Fable Fund. He asked about my life story, experiences working around the world, my brilliant colleagues and the amazing BirdLife Partnership @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/2hyM...

Dr Stuart Butchart - Saving the World's Birds

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Safeguarding Fiji’s elusive seabirds!🏝️ Fiji’s Gau Island hosts two Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, with communities engaged in protecting the seabirds that live there – Collared Petrel and perhaps the mysterious Fiji Petrel…🐦 Read the full article here 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2026/05...

Say hello to the Common Swift!👋 Swifts are iconic long-distance travellers, clocking up more than 22,000 km in their annual migrations along the African-Eurasian Flyway.🌍 Spending much of their lives airborne, they are masters of the skies.🪽 Find out more👉 datazone.birdlife.org/species/fact...

Today is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay !🌍🐦   Billions of migratory birds use flyways, like superhighways in the sky, to embark on an important journey to and from their breeding grounds.   Go outside and record the birds you see on eBird! Every bird counts.📱  Read more here 👉 www.birdlife.org/WMBD

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🥳✨ Today we celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough 🎉, a voice that has inspired generations to look closer, care deeper and act boldly for the natural world. Happy birthday Sir David! 🎂