Aberystwyth Wales UK, Wednesday 27 January 2016 After the remnants of Storm Jonas had blown through, thousands of starlings return to the skies above Aberystwyth pier before settling for the night on the Victorian structure’s cast-iron legs in a spectacular ritual repeated daily during autumn and winter 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. Alth
Aberystwyth Wales UK, Wednesday 27 January 2016 After the remnants of Storm Jonas had blown through, thousands of starlings return to the skies above Aberystwyth pier before settling for the night on the Victorian structure’s cast-iron legs in a spectacular ritual repeated daily during autumn and winter 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. Although plentiful in Aberystwyth, the starling is on the RSPB’s ‘red list’ of endangered species in the UK photo Keith Morris / Alamy Live news
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