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    • A group of godwits on a seashore, some about to fly.
    Rights: Dr Phil Battley Published 9 September 2011 Size: 2.7 MB Referencing Hub media

    As with other flying birds, godwits have many physical features that work together to enable them to fly. They need lightweight, streamlined, rigid structures for flight.

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