Champions of the Flyways (COTF), is an annual bird racing event held in the southern part of Israel centered around Eilat. It is an event operating on a global scale, involving teams of birders from every part of the world regardless of nationality, ethnicity, or religious and cultural background. All participants are united as part…
Category: A Wider View
Interesting wildlife and conservation articles from around the world
Save the Shoebill Conservation Project
My friend Kenneth Tumusiime works tirelessly to conserve the wild creatures and wild spaces of his beloved Uganda. Recognising the pressure being put on the local Shoebill population through disturbance from local fishermen, he has set up the Save the Shoebill Conservation Project (SSCP). A community centric project that depends on engagement with the human…
Petrel Stations
Welcome to a new series of articles which seek to explore matters of conservation importance and interest from around the world. This article, which I’ve named Petrel Stations, considers the remarkable achievements of a small team of dedicated scientists that have spent 7 years exploring the Atacama desert of Chile searching for breeding colonies of…