And for good reason: Some of the most astonishing feats of endurance are performed by long-distance migrants, such as the nine-day non-stop flight of the bar-tailed godwit across the Pacific Ocean.
A bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) flew for 11 days straight from Alaska to New Zealand, over a distance of 7,500 miles without stopping. This travel broke the longest nonstop flight record ...
Godwit House nestles in the Northumbrian landscape sensitively. The home, built for a client closely involved in the design development from the outset, is strikingly different but settled in its ...
Some birds, like the bar-tailed godwit, have an instinctive ability to migrate at birth. Some, however, must follow their parents to migrate and learn their route for future years.