Synopsis
This clip investigates how birds take advantage of changes in the weather to make their migration easier.
- Programme: Learning Zone
- Episode: Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2014
- Geography | Weather and climate | Climate, weather and cloud types | Climatic zones
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