Autumn's birds delay migration

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15783321


Greylag geese are some of the traditional winter visitors to the UK that are delaying their migrations

Geese, ducks and swans that spend winter in wetlands of Northern Europe are changing their migration patterns as temperatures rise, say scientists.

Researchers in Finland found some waterfowl delayed migrations by up to a month compared with 30 years ago.

The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) says that numbers of some very familiar species are decreasing in the UK, as many birds do not fly as far.

The study is published in the Journal of Ornithology.

Lead researcher Aleksi Lehikoinen from the University of Helsinki examined three decades' worth of data from Hanko Bird Observatory in southern Finland.

[Fumesucker]

1. We noticed our hummingbirds left later than usual this year.. n/t

[FSogol]

2. Slackers. Back in my day, birds damn knew when to leave...

:crazy:

[MADem]

3. A few weeks before we had to walk five miles to school in snow up to our hips!

Uphill, both ways!!!

[FSogol]

4. and you had to set the speed on your record player.

:eyes:

[MADem]

5. ...and get up to change the TV channel...and there were only THREE!

IF you were lucky....! And they went off the air between 11:30 and 1 AM, depending.