Starling Murmuration at Ripon Wetlands - 1 of 3
A calm and cloudless sunset at Ripon Wetlands produced a fabulous Boxing Day murmuration with tens of thousands of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) appearing to overshoot the reedbeds, only to reappear from behind us around ten minutes later, by which time almost everyone else had left! Moral of the story is to stay put and be patient : ) A humbing and truly awesome (in the old-fashioned sense) experience.
Starling Murmuration at Ripon Wetlands - 1 of 3
A calm and cloudless sunset at Ripon Wetlands produced a fabulous Boxing Day murmuration with tens of thousands of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) appearing to overshoot the reedbeds, only to reappear from behind us around ten minutes later, by which time almost everyone else had left! Moral of the story is to stay put and be patient : ) A humbing and truly awesome (in the old-fashioned sense) experience.