The red knot is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers ...

These birds are called ‘knots’ and fly together. Where do the pupils think they are going? Why do they fly together? Ask pupils to write a story imagining they are one of the birds in the flock.