A mesmerising murmuration by a flock of sandpipers shimmering over the shoreline. The flashing between black and white is caused by their white fronts and dark backs
How photographer Jarlath Flynn saw a murmuration pass in front of the Moon and captured 60,000 swooping starlings taking the shape of a leaping hedgehog in the dim night sky.
'At sunset, huge groups of starling birds take to the sky in Sassari, Italy swooping and swirling into spheres, planes and waves. The phenomenon is called a murmuration, and it is named after the noise that is made by the many flapping wings of a group of starlings in flight.'
After months of chasing starlings, photographer James Crombie captured this remarkable shot of the flock as it swelled into an enormous bird-like murmuration
![After months of chasing starlings, photographer James Crombie captured this remarkable shot of the flock as it swelled into an enormous bird-like murmuration
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