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Aberystwyth Wales UK, Friday 22 January 2016

Thousands of starlings take to the skies above Aberystwyth pier at sunset before settling for the night on the Victorian structure’s cast-iron legs in a spectacular ritual repeated daily during autumn and winter

Each evening between October and March tens of thousands of the birds fly in huge ‘murmurations; in the sky above the town before settling to roost for the night on the cast iron legs of the Victorian seaside pier. Aberystwyth is one of only a handful of urban starling roosts in the UK. Although plentiful in Aberystwyth, the starling is on the RSPB’s ‘red list’ of endangered species in the UK

photo Keith Morris / Alamy Live news

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Aberystwyth Wales UK, Friday 22 January 2016<br />
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Thousands of starlings take to the skies above Aberystwyth pier at sunset before settling for the night on the Victorian structure’s cast-iron legs in a spectacular ritual repeated daily during autumn and winter<br />
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Each evening between October and March tens of thousands of the birds fly in huge ‘murmurations; in the sky above the town before settling to roost for the night on the cast iron legs of the Victorian seaside pier. Aberystwyth is one of only a handful of urban starling roosts in the UK. Although plentiful in Aberystwyth, the starling is on the RSPB’s ‘red list’ of endangered species in the UK<br />
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photo Keith Morris / Alamy Live news