a murmuration of starlings

Each fall, thousands of starlings dance in the twilight above England and Scotland. The birds gather in shape-shifting flocks called murmurations, having migrated in the millions from Russia and Scandinavia to escape winter.

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starlings aerial display

This astonishing sight of starlings in flight was filmed at the Otmoor wildlife reserve of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds near Oxford, England.



image by wdfw.wa.gov

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