A murmuration of starlings at Rigg
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A murmuration of starlings at Rigg
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 2 Jan 2015
A good number of starlings congregate at dusk in the Baurch Holdings area before roosting for the night in a conifer plantation at the lower right. The noise of chattering birds in the plantation is incredible as they settle down.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.984414
Longitude
-3.111014