As dusk approaches this is quite spectacular.
Only had my standard lens with me.
Murmuration
As dusk approaches this is quite spectacular.
Only had my standard lens with me.
A swarm of starlings? (Yes, I know what it's really called but it does resemble a swarm, doesn't it?) I saw this for the first time in the New Forest (Beaulieu) at the end of last September. Glorious!
I remember starlings flocking like that when I lived in Cumbria, years ago, they would roost in the wood at the back of our house.
You can see that near central station in Belfast in the evening. They roost under a bridge.
I remember seeing the same in Palma, Mallorca years ago and there must have been tens of thousands of birds involved.
Spectacular stuff.
Last edited by Jon; 22-11-2013 at 08:31 PM.
We get countless thousands of them down here as well, quite a spectacular sight when they come in to roost in some of the big fir plantations.
You must have the lot
I haven't seen a starling for years
We used to get really spectacular evening flights here at the ferry terminal in Stranraer, then they would roost on the ferries and gantries. The ferry people got fed up with cleaning up their droppings so they used to send up loud bang rockets to scare them away. Shame because the display was incredible.
I could post a couple to you DR if you like.Originally Posted by The Drone Ranger
Murmuration
Not surprised ,there is a resident UK population of starlings.
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Some lovely photos on the BBC just now. Apparently we have a lot of foreign visitors at this time of year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...tland-25104625
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