So popular is the murmuration that there is an Avalon Marshes “starling hotline” (07866 554 142). It advises where you can see the display, but in the same breath advises to turn around if the ...

A starling murmuration above a nature reserve has been captured on camera. The mass swooping of thousands of birds happened above a nature reserve in Somerset.

A stunning starling murmuration has been captured on camera in Somerset. Thousands of starlings winter at Somerset’s Avalon Marshes and use the reedbeds as a safe and warm night-time roost.

Somerset’s sunset starling murmuration may attract the crowds, but come at sunrise and you will have the spectacle all to yourself ...

Yes, photographers have genuinely captured images of starlings flying in the shape of a bird It’s not fully understood why the birds swarm in such large groups at dusk.

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THOUSANDS of starlings flocking over the sea looked just like the Loch Ness Monster. The stunning murmuration was captured by amateur photographer and bird watcher Bill Brooks. Bill, 65, had been ...

The stunning murmuration was photographed by Bill Brooks, who decided to make a detour to Brighton Palace Pier, in East Sussex, after attending a photography course in the city.