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Starlings in Swindon (1 Viewer)

moose1991

moose1991

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I've been to see this spectacle a few times over the winter.
Now it's made the BBC News website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22061795


The long cold winter is the most likely explanation for thousands of birds flocking over the Wiltshire town of Swindon each evening, according to a bird expert.

Tens of thousands of starlings have been turning and swooping in perfect unison over the town centre during the early evening for a number of weeks.

John Maguire reports from Swindon on the 'murmurations'.
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