110 students and teachers in Buntal spent a day on Sarawak's birds

One hundred and ten pupils and teachers at Sekolah Kebangsaan Buntal joined a wildlife lesson on threatened birds. Utusan Sarawak reported it on November 3, 2026. The Kuching region office of the Sarawak Forestry Corporation ran the program at the school, which the paper described as having taken place recently. Staff explained the role of Santubong National Park and Bako-Buntal Bay as habitat for hornbills and for migratory birds that use the Buntal coast as a seasonal stop.

Head teacher Mahadir Mohammad Bohari asked the pupils to help keep the beach clean, to look after bird habitat in the village, and to tell their families what they had heard. Wildlife officer Noraisah Majri spoke about threatened species, what a national park is for, and the corporation's job. The session also marked World Migratory Bird Day, observed in October, and introduced Bako-Buntal Bay as part of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. The paper said birds on that route can travel about 20,000 kilometres a year from breeding grounds such as Russia, Alaska, and the United States toward wintering places that include Australia and New Zealand. Pupils took a quiz and were shown a basic way to survey birds at school. The warden of Santubong National Park left posters of Sarawak's protected wildlife with the head teacher. The news is this school session. It is not a census of the bay.