Starling update
Since the end of November huge numbers of starlings have staged a series of very spectacular roosting displays over the Millennium Wetlands.
Every evening birds, estimated on some occasions as up to 100,000, have flown in from fields around where they’ve been feeding to spend the night in the safety of the Bittern reed bed.
The behaviour has changed a little recently and visitors who watched on Saturday (17 December) reported them flying in - still in very considerable numbers but without quite such a dramatic aerial display.
They were treated to a great view of the birds dropping in like thousands of tiny black stones into their roosts and then, only a few metres away from the onlookers, chattering away contentedly.
The murmuration continues. Contact the centre for the latest news.
