2. There are a lot of
migratory animals, like the
elephant, the swallow, the
whale, the dolphin, the
tiger shark and more.
3. When winter comes, a lot of birds migrate to
Africa and other southern countries
4. Because there isn’t much food in winter,
they go to warm countries to find food.
In spring, they return home, where they
mate, they lay eggs in the nests and rear their
baby birds.
5. Birds fly for a lot of days because they must
travel across tens, hundreds, even thousands
of kilometers in difficult conditions.
6. Some birds fly 30-35 km a day. Others fly non-stop,
day and night; they eat while they are flying and
they sleep in the air. Some birds must travel 2,000-
3,000 km without a break.
The arctic tern is the animal that travels the most
during migration. Some arctic terns travel 90,000
klm from the North to theAntarctic. In this way,
they have two summers every year!
7. There are a lot of dangers for migratory birds,
like:
bad weather
hungry predators (e.g. birds of prey, foxes etc).
8. Also, birds die when they are too tired or
when they can’t find enough food.
People kill thousands of migratory birds, too.
9. Tall blocks of flats, roads, wind turbines,TV
aerials, cables can kill birds when they are in
the wrong place.
10. And sometimes the places where they eat are
smaller now and their journey is bigger. For
example, the weather in Africa is different
now and the Sahara desert is bigger.
11. So the birds can’t find water and food
because there is drought and there aren’t
many places with food and water.They travel
more to find food and many die.
13. There are a lot of migratory birds in Greece.
Others come to breed here, others leave to
find food in the winter and others just pass
through our country
14. different species of swallows and ducks
also, nightingales
storks
hoopoes
bee-eaters
cuckoos
16. the HellenicOrnithological Society site
http://www.ornithologiki.gr/index.php?loc=en
And the British Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds (RSPB)
http://www.rspb.org.uk/
