EuroBirdwatch on Saturday, October 5, on the Arktikum bank

30.9.2013 12:41
The EuroBirdwatch is BirdLife International’s annual festival of events which invites all citizen members from all over Europe to get out and observe and explore birds. The local ornithological association, the Birdlife Finland and the Arctic Centre will arrange a EuroBirdwatch event in Rovaniemi on Saturday, October 5, from 10 am to noon on the river bank next to Arktikum House.

Photo: Esa Huhta

There will be guided bird-watching. Please, wear warm clothes and take your binoculars and/or telescope with you.

The Ounasjoki River delta next to the Arktikum House is especially known for a place where birds, such as swans and ducks, stop-over to rest while their migration to the South in the autumn.

The EuroBirdwatch – BirdLife’s annual birdwatching event in Europe – works to raise awareness of the issues relating to bird migration, and promotes efforts needed to save threatened bird species and their habitats.

More information:

EuroBirdwatch 2013

Local ornithological association
Esa Huhta
Tel. +358 50 391 3510
e61sa (at) hotmail.com

Arctic Centre
Event coordinator Raija Kivilahti
Tel. +358 40 568 4890
raija.kivilahti (at) ulapland.fi

ULapland / Arctic Centre / J-EK