Murmuration
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
Bringing it all back home: Belfast celebrates return of starling murmuration as conservationists warn ‘it could have ended differently’
By Ryan McAleer
Starling murmurations thrive in Belfast after light pollution reduced
The numbers of birds taking part in the evening displays over Albert Bridge had dropped in recent years.
By Rebecca Black, PA
Starlings on parade in spectacle near military base
The birds’ aerobatics, called a murmuration, create a spectacular display near the Army base at Catterick.
Take on Nature: Murmuration makes for a surreal gathering in the Nobber sky
I WENT to Nobber to see a murmuration last weekend.
By Tony Bailie
Starlings produce spectacular aerial displays across Ireland
TENS of thousands of birds have been mesmerising people with their acrobatic displays across Ireland.
By Michelle Devane and David Young and Press Association
Starlings ‘like fireworks’ as they produce aerial displays across Ireland
The murmurations have attracted onlookers as the flocks perform manoeuvres before sunset.
