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    The document discusses the migration patterns of birds. It explains that many bird species migrate seasonally between breeding grounds in the north and wintering grounds in the south to follow food sources. Larger birds like geese typically migrate during the day while smaller birds like robins migrate at night. The Arctic tern travels the longest distance of over 40,000 km between the Arctic and Antarctic each year.

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    The document discusses the migration patterns of birds. It explains that many bird species migrate seasonally between breeding grounds in the north and wintering grounds in the south to follow food sources. Larger birds like geese typically migrate during the day while smaller birds like robins migrate at night. The Arctic tern travels the longest distance of over 40,000 km between the Arctic and Antarctic each year.

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    UNIT

    Ecosystems
    5

    THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS

    Natural Science 2. Secondary Education


    UNIT
    The migration of birds
    5 The migration of birds
    • Migration is the yearly, seasonal journey undertaken by many species of
    birds. During this journey, birds cover distances of many kilometres.
    • The most common types of migration are those carried out by birds in the
    spring and the autumn. In the autumn, they travel from breeding grounds in
    the north to wintering grounds in the south, and vice versa in the spring.

    Breeding grounds
    Autumn
    migration

    Spring
    migration
    Wintering grounds

    Natural Science 2. Secondary Education


    UNIT
    The migration of birds
    5
    The migration of birds

    • Large birds, like geese and birds • But smaller birds, like robins,
    of prey, usually migrate during the migrate at night.
    day.

    Black geese flying in a V-formation Robin

    Natural Science 2. Secondary Education


    UNIT
    The migration of birds
    5
    The migration of birds
    • Birds that migrate are called migratory birds, while birds that
    remain in one area are called sedentary birds.
    A sparrow is an example of a
    sedentary bird.

    Geese are migratory birds.

    Natural Science 2. Secondary Education


    UNIT
    The migration of birds
    5 Why do birds migrate?
    • Birds depend on the amount of available food in an area to survive and
    raise their chicks, so when there is a shortage of food in one area, they move
    to areas where more food is available.
    • Changes in the amount of available food in certain areas are related to
    changes in temperature. These changes occur in different seasons in
    different regions of the world.

    NORTH
    An abundance of food in the
    summer. Little available food in
    the winter.

    Spring Autumn

    SOUTH
    Available food all year round.

    Natural Science 2. Secondary Education


    UNIT
    The migration of birds
    5 Migratory routes
    • Migratory birds follow the same migration routes every year.
    • Birds that migrate from Northern Europe to regions in the south of the
    continent in the winter are called wintering or pre-Saharan birds (as they
    do not cross the Sahara).

    • Birds like geese and cranes come to the Iberian


    Peninsula from Northern Europe to spend the Crane
    winter.

    Crane migration

    The
    Sahara

    Natural Science 2. Secondary Education


    UNIT
    The migration of birds
    5 Migratory routes

    • Birds that migrate from Africa to Europe to breed in the summer are
    called summering or trans-Saharan birds (as they cross the
    Sahara).

    The swallow is a trans-


    Saharan bird.

    Natural Science 2. Secondary Education


    UNIT
    The migration of birds
    5 Migratory routes
    • Birds like swallows, bee-eaters, storks and birds of prey including black
    kites, vultures and common kestrels journey from Africa to the Iberian
    Peninsula to spend the summer.

    Swallows
    The
    Sahara

    Black kite

    Natural Science 2. Secondary Education


    UNIT
    The migration of birds
    5 Interesting examples
    • The Arctic tern travels the longest distance of any migratory bird: it journeys
    from one pole to another two times a year, covering 40,000 km.
    • Over the course of its life, about 26 years, an Arctic tern can travel up to 1
    million kilometres.

    Breeding grounds

    Wintering grounds
    Migratory routes

    Natural Science 2. Secondary Education


    UNIT
    The migration of birds
    5 Interesting examples
    The white stork provides an example of how the amount of food available
    affects bird migration.

    • These storks used to come to the Iberian Peninsula to spend the summer
    and breed. Then, in the autumn, they migrated to Africa to winter there.
    However, more and more storks now winter on the Peninsula.

    • This is due to:


    • A greater number of rubbish
    dumps that provide them with food
    throughout the year.
    • It is likely that the change is also
    related to the higher temperatures
    resulting from climate change.

    White stork
    Natural Science 2. Secondary Education

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