| Bird migration 00:50 - Aug 20 with 2389 views | _clive_baker_ |
Nuts isn't it really? Blows my mind. I think Swallows are pretty cool, coming over here in April for summer, stay for a few months and then fook off to Africa again to see some Elephants. Back to the same spot as well, their in built navigation must be so good.
Mental journey to be fair, like 7,000 miles with barely a layover. Imagine flying all day for a month, they must be knackered. Do you reckon any of them ever can't be arsed and just sack it off some years? |  | | |  |
| Bird migration on 02:53 - Aug 20 with 2306 views | acj |
Will be interesting to see how their migration patterns adapt to changing climatic conditions as the planet gets warmer.
Nature is bloody wonderful, innit. |  |
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| Bird migration on 02:57 - Aug 20 with 2303 views | Illinoisblue |
Nature is indeed amazing. I’m always incredulous at how strong spider webs are. For real. Get a lot of them in my garage, turn a leaf blower on them and those fking things barely move. |  |
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| Bird migration on 04:30 - Aug 20 with 2277 views | Benters |
Nature is truly wonderful.
I live in a fairly modern house,one neighbour hates gardening so when he moved in he stripped the garden right back and only has lawn.The other side to me doesn’t have a garden,they call it ‘an outdoor living space’😂
But my garden is made for nature,I have hedges and trees plenty of hiding places for the birds.Bird boxes,bird tables and bird baths etc.I also have plenty of plants for the smaller things in nature.
At the back of my garden I have heaped a load of old logs and branches for the insects to live in and munch on and that’s where I keep my four compost bins.
So my garden is full of life. |  |
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| Bird migration on 05:37 - Aug 20 with 2241 views | Mercian |
I'm suprised Farage has not had something to say on the issue. African migrants? Heaven forbid! |  | | |
| Bird migration on 07:46 - Aug 20 with 2074 views | TheBlueGnu |
| Bird migration on 02:53 - Aug 20 by acj |
Will be interesting to see how their migration patterns adapt to changing climatic conditions as the planet gets warmer.
Nature is bloody wonderful, innit. |
I often wonder what the sitcom actor Norman Eshley thinks about bird migration patterns, and whether or not he has discussed the issue with Sheila Fern. |  |
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| Bird migration on 08:00 - Aug 20 with 2034 views | Guthrum |
In the Middle Ages, there was a belief they had no legs and spent their entire lives on the wing. Which is how they are often depicted in heraldry (as a symbol of endurance). |  |
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| Bird migration on 08:06 - Aug 20 with 2001 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| Bird migration on 02:53 - Aug 20 by acj |
Will be interesting to see how their migration patterns adapt to changing climatic conditions as the planet gets warmer.
Nature is bloody wonderful, innit. |
Spider silk is incredibly tough and is stronger by weight than steel. Quantitatively, spider silk is five times stronger than steel of the same diameter. It has been suggested that a Boeing 747 could be stopped in flight by a single pencil-width strand and spider silk is almost as strong as Kevlar, the toughest man-made polymer.
Incredible. Your leaf blower never stood a chance. [Post edited 20 Aug 2024 8:06]
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| Bird migration on 08:13 - Aug 20 with 1963 views | BarcaBlue |
| Bird migration on 08:00 - Aug 20 by Guthrum |
In the Middle Ages, there was a belief they had no legs and spent their entire lives on the wing. Which is how they are often depicted in heraldry (as a symbol of endurance). |
To be fair, swifts for example can spend 10 months of the year in flight and the medievals didn't have telephone wires for swallows to perch on. That they believed they had no legs is excusable, dragons, griffons and unicorns however... |  | | |
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| Bird migration on 08:43 - Aug 20 with 1922 views | NthQldITFC |
| Bird migration on 02:53 - Aug 20 by acj |
Will be interesting to see how their migration patterns adapt to changing climatic conditions as the planet gets warmer.
Nature is bloody wonderful, innit. |
I read a book once (honestly, I did) whose title and author eludes me completely now, which covered the study of the mechanisms of navigation of migrating birds. It was absolutely fascinating, and whilst my frazzled brain can't recall much of the detail, I do remember that different species doing different migrations used a lot of different cues and tools from winds and sun and stars, to the Earth's magnetic fields.
None of them needed to resort to Google Maps though, as far as I can recall, which makes me wonder which is animal is in the progressive phase of its evolution.
This looks a concise overview:
https://www.biologydiscussion.com/zoology/birds/bird-migration-definition-types- |  |
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| Bird migration on 08:45 - Aug 20 with 1911 views | NthQldITFC |
| Bird migration on 08:13 - Aug 20 by BarcaBlue |
To be fair, swifts for example can spend 10 months of the year in flight and the medievals didn't have telephone wires for swallows to perch on. That they believed they had no legs is excusable, dragons, griffons and unicorns however... |
That's balls. It's well known that swifts live at the bottom of lakes over winter and that there's no such thing as the telephone. | |
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| Bird migration on 08:51 - Aug 20 with 1893 views | Keno |
| Bird migration on 08:45 - Aug 20 by NthQldITFC |
That's balls. It's well known that swifts live at the bottom of lakes over winter and that there's no such thing as the telephone. |
dragons / dinosaurs
potato / potato |  |
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| Bird migration on 08:53 - Aug 20 with 1887 views | Keno |
| Bird migration on 08:06 - Aug 20 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
Spider silk is incredibly tough and is stronger by weight than steel. Quantitatively, spider silk is five times stronger than steel of the same diameter. It has been suggested that a Boeing 747 could be stopped in flight by a single pencil-width strand and spider silk is almost as strong as Kevlar, the toughest man-made polymer.
Incredible. Your leaf blower never stood a chance. [Post edited 20 Aug 2024 8:06]
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aint nature wonderful
how come meteors always land in exactly the right size and shape crater | |
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| Bird migration on 11:09 - Aug 20 with 1782 views | Blueschev |
What do you mean, an African or a European Swallow? |  | | |
| Bird migration on 12:09 - Aug 20 with 1714 views | ElephantintheRoom |
At least swallows can follow their mummies and daddies and ask are we nearly there yet when they’ve crossed the channel
Spare a thought for baby cuckoos who have to work it out all by themselves and find their way to sub-Saharan Africa on their own with nobody to show them when or how
To answer the original post there have been a few swallows happy to overwinter in southern England in recent years. | |
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| Bird migration on 12:40 - Aug 20 with 1678 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Bird migration on 12:09 - Aug 20 by ElephantintheRoom |
At least swallows can follow their mummies and daddies and ask are we nearly there yet when they’ve crossed the channel
Spare a thought for baby cuckoos who have to work it out all by themselves and find their way to sub-Saharan Africa on their own with nobody to show them when or how
To answer the original post there have been a few swallows happy to overwinter in southern England in recent years. |
Bloody Gen Z swallows, work shy barstewards. | | | |
| Bird migration on 14:44 - Aug 20 with 1599 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
Has anybody ever found out if they suffer jetlag with it? |  |
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| Bird migration on 14:45 - Aug 20 with 1594 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Bird migration on 05:37 - Aug 20 by Mercian |
I'm suprised Farage has not had something to say on the issue. African migrants? Heaven forbid! |
Stop The Flights!!! |  |
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| Bird migration on 17:46 - Aug 20 with 1476 views | factual_blue |
You almost remind me of
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