Tag Archives: birds

It’s the Bird Week for Kids!

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Seppo

Birdlife Finland has organized a Bird Week for Kids since 2004. This year 2019 it’ll be May 13th – 19th.
Here’s a Finnish article about the Bird Week for Kids Google translated in English.

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Live Map of Migrating Birds in Europe

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Seppo

Follow the migration of birds!
The LIVE Euro Bird Portal viewer shows the distribution of 105 bird species on weekly animated maps from January 2010 up to the current week.

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Finland clear-cuts forests at accelerating rate

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Seppo

Forestry in Finland has been so intensive and harsh, that even formerly common forest species, like Willow Tit, are in trouble. In 2015 it was classified as vulnerable on the Red List because of population declines.
Finnish government wants to increase wood harvests by nearly 25 %. This will further reduce forest biodiversity and carbon sink […]

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The Lesser White-Fronted Geese Wedding

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Seppo

A new publication of the Lesser White-fronted Goose Life project is online.
Includes also a cartoon: The Lesser White-Fronted Greece Wedding

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Wetland is a water bank

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Seppo

Wetlands help to cope with floods and other extreme weather events.
World Wetlands Day: 2th February 2017.
More info & material in English, Spanish and French.

Cartoon in Spanish:

Cartoon in French:

Cartoon in Arabic:

Cartoon in Greek:

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