Blackpool, Lancashire, UK 11th December, 2015. UK Weather. Dramatic sunset over the Blackpool with flocks of Starlings and Starling mumuration near the North Pier at dusk. Many, many thousands of starlings gather at sunset to avail themselves of the shelter offered by the steel girders and supporting structures of both the Central and North piers, which deflect the winter winds lashing the north-west coast. Credit: MarPhotographics/Alamy Live News

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Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
Photo credit: © Mar Photographics / Alamy / Afripics
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