What Animals Migrate In Autumn

But at the same time many bird species such as geese swans and ducks migrate to Britain in autumn overwintering on our shores before leaving once more in spring.

What animals migrate in autumn. Here in the UK the most obvious migrants are birds. Their migration journeys coincide with the changing of the seasons with Britains winter residents arriving during autumn from colder countries to the north and east. The main reason animals migrate is to escape adverse conditions by moving to areas in which conditions are more favourable for their own and their offsprings survival.

Some species travel here for the winter and others arrive in spring and summer. The children start by exploring contrasting travelling steps and actions inspired by squirrels spiders and birds feasting upon Autumns bounty of nuts berries and insects. Some of Britains resident birds like partridges never move than a kilometre from their birthplace but more than 40 per cent of the worlds bird population are migrants.

What do animals do. Natures colors in autumn are not as bright as they are in spring. In the UK pipistrelle bats migrate in autumn from the north to spend winter in the warmer south-west.

Across the world animals of all kinds migrate ranging from huge whales to tiny insects. Natures changes in autumn are a sad reminder of the cycle of life. Many see migration as part of a yearly cycle of changes a bird goes through.

Birds and butterflies also are on the move in autumn. For example swallows migrate south once the weather begins to cool and their food sources dwindle. In autumn it flys south all the way to Antarctica.

Birdwatching inland during the autumn can also produce some good birds with Pied Flycatchers waders and terns moving through. Hibernation is the most appealing tactic if you ask me. Monarch butterflies migrate 2950 miles in autumn 5900 miles round trip according to the Nature Education Knowledge Project.