Why birds migrate vast distances – and how you can help during their breeding season
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Bird And Animal Migration
- Although we tend to think of migration as birds flying from one country to another, there are actually many animals who migrate.
- Wildebeest, for example, undertake a circular migration, roaming the African plains in huge numbers during the dry season in search of fresh grass.
- However, birds are the record-breakers when it comes to travel. The bar-tailed godwit has the longest recorded non-stop migration, with one individual spending almost ten days travelling from Alaska to New Zealand without a break.
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How Birds Find Their Way
- Migration is a costly business – birds need to carry enough fat reserves to power their flight and sustain themselves over the duration of their journey.
- Getting lost could have disastrous consequences, so birds have developed incredible navigation skills(a natural GPS-like connection with Earth's magnetic fields) to help them fly the shortest and safest routes.
- Some species have an innate, inherited ability to migrate, which allows them to move to areas independently to enhance their survival.
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Europe's Summer Visitors
- Many birds undertake long-distance migrations to the UK for the summer breeding season.
- Feeding birds nuts, seeds, and household scraps will help to provide some easily accessible food.
- Enhancing biodiversity in your garden by creating a wildflower meadow, or taking part in no mow May - an initiative from British conservation charity, Plantlife, asking everyone to "lock up their lawnmowers and let vegetation grow during the month of May" will also be hugely beneficial
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