Wolrd Migratory Bird Day 2019

Wolrd Migratory Bird Day was observed across the globe on 12 october. The theme for this year is ‘Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution’!. World Migratory Day is a two day campaign celebrated every year on second Saturdays of May and October, that aims to raise awareness to protect migratory birds. It is observed worldwide by concerned organizations which hold events like bird festivals, education programmes, exhibitions and bird-watching. Secretariats of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) are the organising bodies. First World Migratory Bird day was observed in year 2005.