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| Starling murmuration |
Saturday, 23 November 2013
Starling murmuration
Quite a good day today with Great Grey Shrike, Crossbills and a pair of Stonechat plus several skeins of Pink-footed Geese but heading both SE and NW, which is a little odd, in the morning followed by a visit to Middleton Moor for the Starling roost late afternoon. The Starlings were a little more cooperative flying round a little bit before entering the reed bed.
Hi Andy, I keep seeing the starlings heading towards their roosting grounds as I put my chickens to bed up in Sheldon, but I don't know where the best vantage point is to see them (hopefully!) performing their evening murmuration. We went over to Middleton Moor last year but I got us lost as darkness fell, trying to find the viewing point/s. I wonder whether you'd be so kind as to tell me where the best place is to park/walk to in order to watch them go to roost/leave...? Thank you :o) Jay
ReplyDeleteHi Jay, There is a small parking area by a gate on Thunderpit Lane at approximate map coordinates 53.272768, -1.698496. Its just before the British Fluorspar workings. There is a sign about the murmuration on the gate. Follow the track up to the reed bed and you can watch from there or there is a hide a bit further on around the lagoon perimeter although the track is often flooded and you get decent views from the first view point.
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Thank you, Andy - we went down a lane directly by the BF site, and got lost! My name was mud, I can tell you ;o) Hopefully I'll get it right this time, armed with your directions! Jay
ReplyDeleteP.S. They treated me to my very own mini-murmuration yesterday afternoon, over our land. It was amazing - I truly felt like the 'swarm' was watching me as one entity when they rose up in a tight formation right in front of me. It was awe-inspiring! https://youtu.be/pWb-riw7sec
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