Shabs Beigh
Murmurations, 2021
Series: Birds And Animals
Further images
During the winter months, large numbers of Starlings visit Britain from Eastern Europe, where the cold weather forces them to migrate in search for food and warmer weather. I love the way they dance and sing together in the skies as if it was a mass ballet.
In the early evening just before dusk, the flocks gather in the skies above their roost sites - sheltered places such as reedbeds and woodlands. Hundreds of thousands of Starlings join together merging and separating, swooping and diving as one. There is safety in numbers — Peregrine falcons and other predators find it hard to target a single bird in the hypnotising mass. As the Starlings settle for the night, they congregate to keep warm and exchange information, such as where to find food.
During the winter months, large numbers of Starlings visit Britain from Eastern Europe, where the cold weather forces them to migrate in search for food and warmer weather. I love the way they dance and sing together in the skies as if it was a mass ballet.
In the early evening just before dusk, the flocks gather in the skies above their roost sites - sheltered places such as reedbeds and woodlands. Hundreds of thousands of Starlings join together merging and separating, swooping and diving as one. There is safety in numbers — Peregrine falcons and other predators find it hard to target a single bird in the hypnotising mass. As the Starlings settle for the night, they congregate to keep warm and exchange information, such as where to find food.
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