The mass swooping of thousands of birds happened above a nature reserve in Somerset. During a murmuration the starlings ... costume to raise funds for the "amazing" charity. The Invisible Circus ...

Some people can keep looking at the sky for hours together. Several people walk to the beaches or peacefully sit on their ...

The RSPB said many starlings arrive in the UK from Scandinavia during winter and when they flock, murmurations can contain tens of thousands of birds. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds ...

One theory is that individual birds follow their neighbors' lead. There are nearly 120 species of starlings. You can find multiple starling species within the same murmuration. During murmuration ...

Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the sky? – Artie W., age 9, Astoria, New York A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see.

An curved arrow pointing right. These amazing flocks of starlings were filmed in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The "murmuration" of starlings, as this phenomenon is known, is used as a survival tactic ...

Together, they form massive flocks made up of thousands of birds. At sunset, huge groups of starlings take to the sky, swooping and swirling into spheres, planes and waves. The phenomenon is called a ...

The birds descend — and wreak havoc ... The contrast between the transfixing 30-minute murmuration and the subsequent mess makes for an uneasy relationship between the starlings and their ...