Migratory Birds for People

The Migratory Birds for People (MBP) programme is about 30 wetland visitor centres across Europe and Atlantic Africa in a network that follows the flight path of many migratory wetland birds species.

These centres are working together to share best practice and develop new approaches to delivering wetland messages to their visitors. We also work with partners across Europe and Africa.

MBP Africa has a webpage with news specifically for wetlands educators and communicators in West Africa.

MBP Resources

Flyway birds

Free guides to the wetland birds you’re most likely to see in West Africa; and a free guide to using binoculars with young visitors to your wetland.

MBP Social Media Guide

MBP and Eurosite have collaborated on two guides to social media use by wetland centres and nature reserves. You can…

Where possible, MBP visitor centres in Europe collect binoculars and telescopes and share them with members in West Africa. So far we have collected more than 80 binoculars and telescopes. We invite any member centre to participate! Find out how.

Learning map!

Discover the East Atlantic Flyway through games! The MBP flyway map is an educational resource developed by MBP members, a fabric map of 2 x 1.5 metres. It is rugged so you can bring it to schools or out to the wetland to illustrate migration and how wetland centres are networking to help migratory birds. Members, please contact us for a copy.
You can also download a free guidebook of activities, compiled by the network, to make use of the map.

Video for centre screens

We have a promotional video for visitor centre screens. MBP volunteers produced and translated it in Arabic, Basque, Dutch, English, Finnish,…

MBP Newsletters

Regular newsletters are produced by Isabelle Zwick and Audrey Cadou. They give updates on meetings, project development, and partner news. To subscribe, contact any of the core group. We also have a Facebook and Instagram page. Please also check out the archive of more than a decde of newsletters produced by MBP co-founder Roelof Heringa.

February 2025

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‘Design a Wildly Wonderful Wetland Animal’ Competition

We are sharing this opportunity from Eversheds Sutherland, which supports the WLI Small Grants. Please note this competition is open…

Activities

MBP Meetings

Summaries of our annual meetings and capacity building in the East Atlantic Flyway

East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum

Since 2021 we have co-organised the East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum. Along with the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat and Youth Engaged in Wetlands, we bring young people together virtually to expand their skills as wetland conservationists in the Flyway.

Optics for Africa

Birds and Schools

We arrange video conferences between schools for World Migratory Bird Day. Pupils love it! Previous events have been in across three languages and two flyways.

MBP Africa

Young volunteers from the MBP network in Atlantic Africa share news within their region on this page and a dedicated WhatsApp group.

MBP News

Lessons from the East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum 2025

3rd December 2025

The 2025 East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum reflected on Wetlands COP15 and projected what it means for young people over the next three years. The participants identified essential non-financial resources they need to implement the Convention: technical training, strong local networks and access to government contacts. They highlighted the need for national governments, including Convention…

Group of children with back t the camera look over lake Lobito

How to structure a wetland visitor centre?

26th September 2025

Can you help WLI member Centro de Informação, Observação e Monitorização de Aves take their next step? Madaleno Satumbo Constantino writes: Three years after our participation in MBP meeting in Senegal where we dreamed about a wetland centre in Lobito; two years after visiting LCC in Nigeria for experience sharing and also two years after…

East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum 2025

29th August 2025

What did the Convention on Wetlands COP15 mean for youth? The East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum will bring together young people who were there and who weren’t. We will learn what happened, what decisions impact on youth, and how young people can help implement the Convention on Wetlands. Application deadline: 15 August When: Mornings of 11,…

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