Birdwatching, or birding, birders, wildlife observation binoculars, scopes, optics, tripods at Burscough, Lancashire, UK Weather 18th November, 2017. Spectacular Starling flocks mumurate over Martin Mere nature reserve at sunset as an estimated fifty thousand starlings gather at the onset of a cold winter, and early thje nights triggers this autumn gathering and groupings. The murmur or chatter, the interaction between the huge numbers as they fly, is quite intense and is thought to form part of a communication of sorts. These huge flocks are the largest seen in the last for 12 years and are a

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Location: Burscough, United Kingdom
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