1/15 April is the month when many if our winter birds leave for the Arctic, but where do they all go and how long does it take? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐦" title="Bird" aria-label="Emoji: Bird"> This month we will be sharing some of our favourite species& #39; journeys across the Northern Hemisphere https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌍" title="Earth globe europe-africa" aria-label="Emoji: Earth globe europe-africa"> #BirdAware #wildlife #migrationmonth

2/15 Dark-bellied Brent Geese migrate to Siberia in spring, the majority going to a place called the Taymyr Peninsula (more than 3000 miles away https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😮" title="Face with open mouth" aria-label="Emoji: Face with open mouth">). Their journey will take them about 2 months in total and they stop off along the Baltic coast for pit stops on the way! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍴" title="Fork and knife" aria-label="Emoji: Fork and knife">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Seedling" aria-label="Emoji: Seedling">

3/15 Geese have a very narrow window to arrive in the Arctic... Arrive too late and all the best nesting spots are taken and arrive too early and you risk cold snaps harming you/your egg. Fingers crossed our Solent geese get arrival timing spot on this year! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💚" title="Green heart" aria-label="Emoji: Green heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤞" title="Crossed fingers" aria-label="Emoji: Crossed fingers"> #migration

4/15 Black-tailed godwits who spend their winters on UK coastlines might be heading up to Iceland around about now; some have even been known to do the whole 1000+miles without stopping! #MondayMotivation #migrationmonth

5/15 But that& #39;s nothing.. Some of their Bar-Tailed Godwit cousins, on the other side of the world, migrate 11,000km non-stop over the Pacific ocean!! That makes us tired just thinking about it! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Sleeping face" aria-label="Emoji: Sleeping face"> See more here - https://bit.ly/34f612x ">https://bit.ly/34f612x&q... #migrationmonth

6/15 Next up on our migration compilation is a bird that many would call their seaside favourite - its the noisy oystercatcher! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔊" title="Speaker with three sound waves" aria-label="Emoji: Speaker with three sound waves"> While some oystercatchers stick around in the Solent for the summer, others will be migrating North to Scotland, Iceland or Norway https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐦" title="Bird" aria-label="Emoji: Bird"> #migrationmonth

7/15 Our beautiful whistling wigeon and tiny teal will now be on their way to Russia. These ducks may be small but that doesn& #39;t stop them doing BIG migrations, over 3000 miles for some! Arriving in their breeding grounds in May and June, they will return to our shores in Autumn