Aberystwyth Wales UK, Tuesday 08 December 2015 A employee patrols the deck of Aberystwyth pier in an attempt to disuade a flock of starlings from settling on the chairs and tables as they prepare to roost for the night on Aberystwyth pier on the west Wales coast Each evening between October and March tens of thousands of the birds fly in huge ‘murmurations; in the sky above the town before settling to roost for the night on the cast iron legs of the Victorian seaside pier. Aberystwyth is one of only a handful of urban starling roosts in the UK photo Credit: Keith Morris / Alamy Live Ne

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Location: Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales UK, GB, Great Britain, Europe
Photo credit: © ffotowales / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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