Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. 7th March, 2015. As the clouds roll in at the end of a day of warm spring sunshine, birdwatchers get a close up birds-eye view as a ‘murmuration' of thousands of starlings fly in at sunset to settle for the night on the cast iron legs of the Victorian seaside pier at Aberystwyth on the west wales coast UK. Credit: keith morris/Alamy Live News


Aberystwyth Wales UK, Saturday 7 March 2015 As the clouds roll in at the end of a day of warm spring sunshine, birdwatchers get a close up birds-eye view as a ‘murmuration’ of thousands of starlings fly in at sunset to settle for the night on the cast iron legs of the Victorian seaside pier at Aberystwyth on the west wales coast UK. The nightly roost in Aberystwyth is one of only three urban roosts in the UK and draws a regular crowd of onlookers and photographers every evening Despite their numbers here, the birds are on the RSPB’s ‘red list’ of endangered species of British birds photo © keith morris / alamy live news


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Location: Aberystwyth Ceredigion Wales UK
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