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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JWN Andrewes" data-source="post: 3356560" data-attributes="member: 7131">15th February; part IVVenue for the final act of the day was down to the boys. They do like tear-arsing round the play area at Conwy RSPB, and lost no opportunity, as we left Spinnies, in letting us know that we still had plenty of time before the reserve closed at five to drop in. So it was that we spent the last hour of daylight drinking coffee as the boys enjoyed a well earned break from birding. This was followed by the unexpected treat of the 15,000 strong Starling murmuration slowly building up, sweeping the sky, wheeling and wooshing over the reserve, bunching up high when they received some unwelcome Sparrowhawk attention, then swiping and twirling and twisting and whirling, a truly wondrous sight. Many thanks to the reserve staff who kept the car park open late and to the chap who stopped back to chat about the Starlings that were performing their fabulous aerobatic ballet across the heavens before they were swallowed up into the still quiet of the reeds. A short while later the street lights flicked back on as we cruised east through Colwyn Bay towards home, polishing off the last of the chocolate brownies, very well satisfied with an excellent day’s birding.</blockquote>