Phil Battley's guest appearances

Phil Battley

Canterbury Mornings with Chris Lynch

The AM Show Catch Up Podcast

Grant Robertson

David Seymour

Mike Joy

Judith Collins

Ashley Bloomfield

Trevor Mallard

Greg Harford

Winston Peters

Simon Bridges

Shane Reti

Peter Dunne

Helen Clark

Mike Williams

Cameron Bagrie

Sam Rubin

OwlTail

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Phil Battley: Luckless godwit

Bird migration expert, Massey University's School of Agriculture associate professor,  Phil Battley told Chris Lynch that climate change may be playing a part in godwits leaving earlier than they used to.The birds fly 17-thousand kilometres return a year between the Garden City and breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra - the longest known non-stop migration for any bird.Battley says the birds fly via Asia but that's a problem, as the habitat's degrading rapidly and they're losing their stop-over food supply.

Bird migration expert, Massey University's School of Agriculture associate professor,  Phil Battley told Chris Lynch that climate change may be playing a part in godwits leaving earlier than they used to. The birds fly 17-thousand kilometres return a year between the Garden City and breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra - the longest known non-stop migration for any bird. Battley says the birds fly via Asia but that's a problem, as the habitat's degrading rapidly and they're losing their stop-over food supply.

Phil Battley on the migration of the Godwits