Life

Welcome return of the ‘heavenly riffraff’ of starlings and their ‘shifting bird-cloud’ to the skies above the Lagan

With starlings and their aerial dance back over Belfast’s Albert Bridge, Stephen Colton reflects on the beauty and mystery of murmurations

Thousands of starlings return to roost under Belfast's Albert Bridge after moves to reduce light pollution. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN
Thousands of starlings return to roost under Belfast's Albert Bridge after moves to reduce light pollution (Mal McCann)
By Stephen Colton