Starlings

Just saw these on your photos, Clarice...
...amazing sight ! :o)

It really is one of nature's marvels isn't it clarice? And when they start flying in those amazing formations, its mind boggling. We had a garden a while ago with big trees at the back and each evening they would do their formation flying and then all at once "fall" into the trees. It really looked as though they fell like stones. We don't have to travel far to see some of Nature's wonders do we? We'll never know what they know will we?

think with most animals and birds they have an internal clock and compass, their singing and sounds let eachother know whats happening, nature is wonderfull carol, i love to watch them all fly over each day, over my house and garden, like a black cloud :o))

Ye i know i go on about them sometimes always in the garden etc, but they are brill to watch, and their display is brill, dont know where they go when they leave here, not unless they go to Marton Mere, near us for the night.

i think thats possible carol, marton mere is the closest to us i guess

its amazing how they all fly together to go and roost at night..... we get all the sea birds flying over as the sun goes down......... great pics.........

I never get tired of Mother Nature and all it's wonders, makes you feel quite humble.

I know some people think of them as a nuisance but I really enjoy watching them!

I love the spectacle. nature is wonderful.

Lovely blog Clarice. All I can say is "wonerful".

I would love to hear and see them Clarice - dont get many around here.

It's wonderful how animals know things.

It is Hywel

I have watched all week a small flock of starlings doing their stuff out the front , they have been landing and taking off in the trees that line the main road.I think they have gone now they are marvellous to watch Clarice.

That name 'Marton Mere' - I'm sure I saw it in the paper as being a place to watch massed formations of starlings, Carol. :-))

hi carol, if you ever go down to north pier you will see thousands of starling flying under the pier just before dark, and the same thing in a morning flying out just after dusk north pier that is,, it only happens in the winter months

Barbara Marton Mere is where they did Autumn Watch a few years ago, and there are a load off swans, ducks and that come and spend the winter, thanks for telling me Bill, i did'nt know that if i'm up town late one afternoon i'll go and have a look.

A marvelous site Carole , I remember driving past a field that was black with them one winter afternoon , I stopped just as they rose in the air , they looked like some huge animal filling the sky in formation complete with a long tail trailing behind .. It was amazimg ...................

I love to see them swooping and swirling about as they perform aeriel acrobatics before settling down for the night. Have you tried to count how many settle in that tree at a time.

No chance there is to many to count :o)))

Great photos Clarice, starlings are fascinating to watch aren`t they? :o)

Sandra x

They sure are moan at them because there greedy, but the winters would'nt be the same without them all

We don't seem to see the big flocks of Starlings any longer that we used to see many years ago. The flocks around here can hardly be called "flocks" any longer. You seldom see more than about 50 or so at a time.

In the last few weeks I've seen lots & lots of what I think are Rooks. They fly East in the evenings & West in the early mornings. They fly by in groups of around 20 - 25 birds but they keep on coming. Several 100 birds must made the trip to & from wherever it is they are toing & froing every day.

I saw the documentary on the 100s of 1,000s of Starling that come over from the continent to spend the winter here as well. It was truly spectacular seeing them whirling around before settling down for the night.

Wishing you a happy Christmas, Clarice.

And a merry xmas to you Balcony.