Switzerland - SVS/BirdLife Switzerland

BirdLife Partner

Founded in 1922
Members: 62000
Staff: 12

Wiedingstrasse, Zurich, CH, 8036

Tel. +41 44 457 70 20; Fax +41 44 457 70 30
svs@birdlife.ch

www.birdlife.ch

Mission of the organisation

The mission of the SVS/BirdLife Switzerland is the protection of birds and biodiversity from a local to the international level and by this making a contribution for a natural environment and for people.

Key Activities

Habitat conservation
Site protection
Species Action plans
International projects

News

Related news

27 Sep 2018

Autumn is here!

In the editorial of our latest monthly newsletter, BirdLife Europe & Central Asia calls on nature lovers from the Atlantic to the Adriatic to protect the migratory bird paradise of Ulcinj Salina, Montenegro.

Europe and Central Asia Montenegro

23 Apr 2019

Spring Alive has extra bounce for 2019

Europe and Central Asia

15 Nov 2018

Not just a drop in the ocean

This winter we have a critical chance to change EU policy to better our seas. Their health is essential to us as a source of food, income and employment, but also in providing ecosystem services such as coastal...

Europe and Central Asia

24 Jan 2019

Incredible flock of 5 million bramblings wows Slovenia

Slovenia is witnessing an incredible birding event this winter. One so rare, it only happens once or twice in a decade – a huge flock of five million bramblings.

Europe and Central Asia Slovenia

12 Nov 2018

Shipment of illegally killed birds discovered in Slovenia

Our Slovenian partner DOPPS reports on the alarming discovery of a huge shipment of illegally killed birds discovered in Slovenia en route to Italy last month. Significant numbers of Red-thorated pipit, White wagtail...

Europe and Central Asia Italy Romania Slovenia

25 Sep 2018

In search of the Giant Noctule – Europe’s biggest bat

This summer, experts from APB-Birdlife Belarus set out on their fourth annual fact-finding expedition to the remote marshes of Paliessie in search of a rare bat species, the Giant Noctule.

Europe and Central Asia Belarus

12 Jun 2019

Flying into the face of danger

Shooting, trapping, poisoning – an average of 24 million birds are illegally slaughtered in the Mediterranean each year as they attempt their perilous migratory journey between Africa and Europe.

Europe and Central Asia Greece Italy Malta