Egypt Marks World Migratory Chicken Day

Egypt’s Minister of Surroundings Yasmine Fouad celebrated Tuesday, World Migratory Chicken Day, in Ashtoum el-Gamil Reserve and Tnis Island in Port Mentioned governorate.

The concept behind the celebration was to lift consciousness of the significance of birds and to extend alternatives for bird-watching tourism, in addition to to make clear their significance as probably the most necessary elements of the distinctive organic variety, based on the Ministry of Surroundings.

Yasmine mentioned that World Migratory Chicken Day is an actual alternative to lift consciousness of how of concord and coexistence with nature and revel in its pure wealth of uncommon and migratory birds with out harming them.

The reserve was proclaimed as a pure reserve in 1988, on an space of 180 km2, and it’s considered one of many wetland reserves that function a pure isolation for birds, at a distance of 200 km from the center of Cairo. And the phenomenon of “Chicken Migration is the common seasonal motion, usually north and south, alongside a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds.

Subsequently, it’s thought-about probably the most most well-liked and most visited reserves in Egypt. The protectorate additionally accommodates completely different species of vegetation resembling leaf rode, hibiscus, and extra that are utilized in treating a number of illnesses. As well as, it’s residence to 118 birds, together with Little Gulls, flamingoes, and others.

It’s price mentioning that the United Nations Surroundings Program (UNEP) acknowledged that the theme of World Migratory Chicken Day 2023 will concentrate on ‘Water and its significance for migratory birds.