Starling Trail

Another evening visit to RSPB Ham Wall and the Starlings are still roosting in the same place.

Sunset over Waltons Heath – Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID 809_6279

The birds start to stream down into the reedbeds of Waltons Heath.

Starlings in Waltons Heath – Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID 809_6331

Starlings in Waltons Heath – Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID 809_6407

After landing in Waltons Heath, the birds did their normal thing and flew over into Waltons East and Loxtons.

Starlings in Waltons Heath – Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID 809_6568

Streaming overhead into Loxtons.

Starlings in Waltons Heath – Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID 809_6640

Huge numbers of birds arrive on the far side of Waltons Heath.

Starlings in Waltons Heath – Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID 809_6722

They start to roost on a narrow strip of reedbed not far from the border with Loxtons.

Starlings in Waltons Heath – Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID 809_6821

And Finally

Another video.  The sunset, the birds, the noise and the roar of their wings as a large group takes to the air and move down the narrow  reedbed.