The Kingfisher
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Kingfisher nest on a riverbank and how to identify it.
Iolo Williams looks at the habitat of the kingfisher, a beautiful bird that lays eggs in a nest at the end of a burrow in a river bank. The nest is identified by a circle of green algae surrounding it.
From:
Wild about Nature
First Broadcast
:
20 March 2007
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9,9-11
Subject : Science
Topic : Food chains, Habitats, Life processes and living things
Keywords : Birds, Kingfisher, Burrow, Riverbank, Food web
Notes : Could be used in study of food chains and food webs. Look at the life cycle of birds, in particular the kingfisher.
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