The BBC reported on how changes in climate have resulted in migratory ducks moving their wintering grounds north. Studies of the tufted duck, goosander and goldeneye show that they are staying closer to their summer breeding areas all year round. The northern end of their migration in Sweden and Finland, had approximately 130,000 more of the ducks in 2010 than in 1980. The southern end of their migration in Britain, France, Ireland and Switzerland has seen a drop in the number of these ducks during this time period of about the same amount.
Learn more at: BBC News – Climate change shifts migrating birds’ wintering ground
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