Murmuration for New Years Eve
It was still sunny at 3pm so decided it might be a good opportunity to pop over to Fen Drayton in the hope of seeing a Starling Mumuration as I had heard there had been a few aerial displays recently. The reserve was busy, mostly with walkers and families rather than bird watchers I think so I parked my car and waited. Within 10 minutes a small flock of starlings flew over my head , then another and after a short wait I noticed a black shape moving around in the distance. I was hopeful I wouldnt be disappointed and as I watched, the group got bigger and was soon swirling around the sky. More flocks of starlings flew in and joined in and at one time I saw three separate murmurations at the same time which then amalgamated in to one. The display lasted around 20 minutes and although the sky had clouded over a bit and the shapes werent as spectacular as sometimes, I left, satisfied that I had made the effort to visit.