Aberystwyth Wales UK, Monday 07 December 2015 An employee of the seaside pier, wearing a high-vis jacket, stands on the deck in an attempt to dissuade the thousand of starlings that swoop around him from landing on the tables and chairs 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 photo Keith Morris/Alamy Live news

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Location: Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales UK, GB, Great Britain, Europe
Photo credit: © workingwales / Alamy / Afripics
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