Blackpool, Lancashire, UK Weather 27th October, 2017. Starling mumuration over the Irish Sea. Last dance before bed as thousands of starlings gather over the coast as the onset of colder weather, and early nights triggers this autumn gathering and winter groupings. As starlings gather in the evenings to roost, often they will participate in what is called a murmuration — a huge flock that shape-shifts in the sky as if it were one swirling liquid mass. Every shift of the murmuration is called a critical transition. Credit: MediaWorldImages/Alamy Live News

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