Burscough; Lancashire; UK 20th November; 2015. Starling Mumuration at Dusk with sparrow hawk _WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre has seen the return of approximately 15,000 starlings at the Centre. The birds disperse during the day but return to the Centre from 4pm onwards everyday with a fantastic ten minute spectacle; creating shapes in the sky as they prepare to roost for the evening.
Martin Mere truly world class are the many thousands of migrant wild ducks, geese, waders and swans which over-winter at this Ramsar-rated marshland and especially the spectacular displays of feather and flight provided by huge migrant flocks of pink-footed geese, wigeon and whooper swans.
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Location: Burscough; Lancashire; UK
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