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TIL about an incredible bird called the Arctic Tern, every year it flies from one side of the planet to the other and back again:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_tern"Recent studies have shown average annual round-trip lengths of about 70,900 km (44,100 mi)"A bird species that migrates 70,000 kilometres every year! 🤯 #TIL #TodayILearnt #TodayILearned #Birds #Birbs
Kalmdaan
… and these birds can get quite old. Last summer we were at a small Scottish bird sanctuary where there was a nesting tern that was ringed 25 years ago on the same site. That makes for nearly 2 million kilometers!