FOLLOW THE CHAMPIONS OF THE FLYWAY 2023 RACE HERE!
Race Day is 27th March 2023, and we’ll be loading this page with live content on the day!
However, Race Day is just the final cherry on the #COTF23 cake – before then, we’ll be campaigning, fundraising, building momentum and generally snowballing towards the climax in late March!
You can follow (and contribute!) to the campaign via our social media feeds here:
FACEBOOK – Facebook.com/FlywayChampions
TWITTER – Twitter.com/Flywaychampions
… and you can find out about all the teams and their progress here:
Follow the Race
Remember, this race isn’t just about fun and counting birds, it’s about supporting real-world efforts to stop the illegal killing of birds. We are fervent believers that Europe’s massive crisis of illegal bird killing can be mitigated with proper strategy and investment.
Help the global birding community send a strong signal: There is no place for illegal and unsustainable killing of birds. Anywhere. Anytime.
What you can do:
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Follow the pre-race build-up via Facebook and Twitter.
• Pick a team to support and make a donation from their team page (no matter how large or small, your donation will make a difference.)
• Follow the race on social media and share the posts with your friends.
We can’t wait to watch the race unfold live.
See the sidebar right over here —————->
This will show a continuous Twitter feed of the teams’ activities during the race.
Together, we CAN make a difference.
Archive
- Champions of the Flyway 2016 (Swarovski Optik blog; Feb 29, 2016)
- Birders Race to End Illegal Killing of Migrating Birds (BirdWire March 2, 2016)
- Mark Cocker on supporting Champions of the Flyway and the BWD/ZEISS Way-off Coursers.
- Yoav Perlman on Talking Naturally by Charlie Moores (minute 50)
- Champions of the Flyway – The Way Off Coursers (Alvaro’s Adventures)
- Champions of the Flyway 2016: A Race to Conserve Birds of the Flyway (Nature Travel Network)
- VIDEO: The Story of the 2015 Champions on the Flyway (as seen on Birding Adventures TV)
- Shifting into higher gear against illegal bird killing – BirdLife International
- The 50 most important stories about birds and birdwatchers of 2015 – Birdwatching (U.S.)
- The Champions of the Flyway hits prime time TV!
- Relive last year’s epic race (Birding Adventures TV)
Learn about the Cause – illegal killing of birds
- Photographer covers the Slaughter of Songbirds for National Geographic (National Geographic)
- Facts and Data on the Illegal Killing of Birds in Greece (HOS/Birdlife In Greece)
- Documentary: Leaving is Living (illegal killing in the Ionian Islands.3:50; in Greek with subtitles)
- Documentary: Μ’ ένα Σμπάρο δύο Τρυγόνια (BirdLife in Greece; 1:04:41)
- Slaughter of the Songbirds (Nature magazine)
- Shifting into higher gear against illegal bird killing – BirdLife International
- Important Progress on British Territory in Cyprus Against Illegal Bird-Killing – BirdLife International
- Illegal Killing of Birds in the Mediterranean – BirdLife International
- The Killing – BirdLife’s definitive scientific report of illegal killing in the Mediterranean.
- WHAT IS LIMNES: The so called “tradition” of “Limnes” (meaning “Ponds”) employs a sophisticated method of trapping song birds for the illegal trade or for the dinner table. Birds are attracted by live decoys, which are singing birds in a cage or tied to branches. These decoys are situated in small artificial ponds. When a wild bird approaches the live decoy, it gets trapped in carefully situated nets around the pond, or via limesticks on surrounding artificially placed tree branches.WHAT IS THE MAIN PURPOSE IN SANTORINI?
Mostly for illegal trade, as cage birds and also for the dinner table.
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