World Migratory Bird Day Celebrations at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Sungei Buloh celebrated World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) on 12 and 13 May 2007.

The activities started with the simultaneous international launch, (in Bangladesh, Philippines and Singapore) of the publication for Wetlands International’s book “Numbers and distribution of waterbirds and wetlands in the Asia-Pacific region - Results of the Asian Waterbird Census 2002-2004” by David Li and Taej Mundkur at the wetland’s theatrette. A public talk by the author, David Li, on the results of the book and on migratory waterbirds followed. Forty people attended the talk

Other highlights of the 2 days celebration included a photo exhibition, a display of seven full colour posters featuring shorebirds at the wetland and the release of the wetland’s latest newsletter issue highlighting migratory bird count data and trend analysis as well as three public talks. On the internet, the bird ecology blog (BESGroup@ yahoogroups.com) carried an article on migratory birds from the wetland’s newsletter. More than 800 people experienced the WMBD celebrations at the wetland.

Mr David Li representing a copy of the book to Mr Ramakrishnan Kolandavelu

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