Blackpool, Lancashire. 19th Jan, 2019. UK Weather. Starlings gather on the beach before roosting. On a day with very little wind these passerine birds, their numbers swelled with migratory birds from the continent, take a rest from flying to gather on the beach shoreline before going to roost in the structure of the North Pier. They normally gather over their roosting site, and perform their wheeling stunts before they roost for the : MediaWorldimages/AlamyLiveNews.

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