Twice a year, billions of migratory birds embark on the most epic journeys across the globe that nature has to offer.
Migratory birds reach impressive speeds, heights, and distances – but their travels are full of risk and danger. And human activities have made these journeys more treacherous and exhausting for birds.
- Millions of birds are killed illegally every year, most often just for the sport of it.
- Our agricultural landscapes have been taken over by huge intensive farms that leave no place for nature. The widespread use of pesticides gravely affects the health of birds, and the use of large machinery is responsible for the increase of bird mortality.
- Human activities are causing the loss, degradation, and fragmentation of bird habitats all along the flyways as forests are cleared, wetlands are drained, and cities are developed at an unpreceded rate.
- Many birds never reach their destination because they die from collisions with powerlines and buildings or are dazed and drawn off track by light pollution.
- With warmer temperatures earlier in the year and more frequent droughts leading to water scarcity, birds migrate earlier, and arrive before food is available.
Although the threats are severe, there is still time to create a better future for migratory birds. The BirdLife Partnership acts across borders and continents, all along the flyways, to help birds continue carrying out one of nature’s biggest wonders – migration.
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