Birds in Flight, flying in the clouds flocks of Starlings at Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. Starling murmuration at sunset. One of the great birding spectacles of the winter is the starlings' pre-roost assembly. Prior to settling down for the night, flocks of these gregarious birds swoop around until there is one enormous, swirling black mass. In the winter up to a million birds, swarm, swoop, shift, swirl and twirl, moving as one while performing amazing aerial acrobatics. this ballet at dusk is a pre-roosting phenomenon known as starling murmuration.
During winter, starlings roost together and these are not just a few birds huddling in thick cover, some coastal sites were known as roosting place for over one million birds! One of the great birding spectacles of the winter is the starlings' pre-roost assembly. Prior to settling down for the night, small flocks of these gregarious bird’s swoop around, joining together until there is one enormous, swirling mass, but when the tide is out, and in conditions of little wind, the starlings will often settle on the beach before then flying into roost on the pier,
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Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
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