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1) WHAT is bird migration?
  a) Introduction
  b) Cultural importance
      i) Calendar birds
      ii) Free as a bird
      iii) Birds and ceremony
      iv) Food source
      v) 21st century journeys
  c) Migration defined
  d) How do we know about migration?
      i) Observation
      ii) Ringing
      iii) RADAR
      iv) Radio telemetry and satellite tracking

2) WHY do birds migrate?
  a) Moving with the seasons
  b) Benefits
      i) Food
      ii) Easy Living
      iii) Survival and reproductive success.
  c) Costs

3) WHEN & WHERE do birds migrate?
  a) Where to spend the summer?
  b) Migration routes and convergences
  c) Tarifa
      i) Bottleneck
      ii) Marine productivity in the Strait
      iii) Wetland stepping stone to Africa
  d) Migration calendar
      i) Autumn
      ii) Spring
  e) Migration study at the Strait

4) HOW do birds migrate?
  a) Preparation
      i) Ancestral adaptations
      ii)Development
      iii) Annual preparations
            (1) The right diet
            (2) Taking the right fuel
            (3) Behavioural preparation
  b) Energy management
      i) Stop-overs
      ii) Group savings
      iii) Night-riders
  c) How do birds know when and where to go?
      i) Evidence for genetic control
            (1) The urge to move
            (2) Innate route-planners
      ii) The role of environmental cues
      iii) Other factors
  d) Orientation
      i) Sun compass
      ii) Magnetic compass
      iii) Star gazers
  e) Navigation/ migration in adults

5) REFERENCES
  a) Academic
  b) Online resources