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The astonishing journeys of record-breaking migrating birds.Key facts
- Facts about Migrating Birds, for example:
- Birds use the Sun, Earth's magnetic field and smell to migrate.
- The Bar-headed Goose flies over the Himalayas from India to Tibet.
- The Arctic Tern has two summers by flying from the North to the South Pole.
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An estimated 1800 bird species migrate
Undertaking incredible journeys each year
The longest nonstop – the Godwit
Flies nonstop for a week from New Zealand to the Yellow Sea
Then flies nonstop for another week!
To breeding grounds in Alaska – a journey of 11,000km
The highest – …
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