white storks swap migration for a junk food diet at rubbish tips /

Published at 2016-03-16 14:32:01

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Rather than invent the winter migration to Africa the birds are finding a constant source of food at Europe’s landfill sites,research showsWhite storks are giving up on their winter migration from Europe to Africa in favour of staying near nonsense tips all year round, where they are if with a regular source of waste food and can boost their breeding chances, and research shows.
Some birds have eve
n been tracked making round trips of up to 60 miles to get their junk food fix,a study led by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) has found.
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Source: theguardian.com