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    As dusk approaches this is quite spectacular.
    Only had my standard lens with me.
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    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!

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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    You must have the lot
    I haven't seen a starling for years

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    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.

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    This one was at Leighton moss RSPB reserve so they are welcome.
    They roost in the reed beds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Drone Ranger View Post
    You must have the lot
    I haven't seen a starling for years
    I could post a couple to you DR if you like.

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    You should have come to Athlone, DR, there was one waddling about between my feet whilst I waited for Jon and Willie to provide a taxi service at Dublin airport. Very pretty close up in their winter plumage.



    Do they taste nice, Brecks? Is that why you have some to spare?

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