Bar-tailed godwit One hero of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway is the bar-tailed godwit. The tawny bird may look unassuming, but its annual migration is nothing less than remarkable. An ...

The bar-tailed godwit holds the record for the longest nonstop flight, covering approximately 7,500 miles from Alaska to New Zealand in just 11 days. Known for its remarkable migration ...

And for good reason: Some of the most astonishing feats of endurance are performed by long-distance migrants, such as the nine-day non-stop flight of the bar-tailed godwit across the Pacific Ocean.

Godwit House nestles in the Northumbrian landscape sensitively. The home, built for a client closely involved in the design development from the outset, is strikingly different but settled in its ...

"This image shows a bar-tailed godwit, photographed in the late evening on my local beach at Gijón in northern Spain. "Because it was really dark, I was able to crawl towards the godwit without ...

Some birds, like the bar-tailed godwit, have an instinctive ability to migrate at birth. Some, however, must follow their parents to migrate and learn their route for future years.