The Swallows' Journey
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The story of the swallows' epic annual migration to South Africa.
Swallows migrate to Africa during our winter, flying for six weeks, at up to two hundred miles a day. An examination of this long perilous journey with film of the birds flying and a look at how the swallows' arrival is viewed by South African school children in what is their summer.
From:
Wild about Nature
First Broadcast
:
13 March 2007
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9,9-11
Subject : Science
Topic : Life processes and living things
Keywords : Birds
Notes : Great clip on bird migration. Ask pupils to find swallows in their locality and to identify different stages in their annual life cycles.
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