Mesmerising Murmuration

Runcorn may spring to mind images of the Northern comedy 'Two Pints of Larger and a Packet of Crisps', the Runcorn bridge featured on the Cathedral City cheese advert and a general factory/ industrial grime, however as a resident I'd like to prove you wrong! On a still night dusk will not only bring some pretty competitive sunsets, but flocks of birds that sail down the estuary and ship canal to find their roost for the night. white Turns zoom past, gliding centimetres above the canal streaming by in their hundreds, whilst the gulls flock above, literally taking over the sky in a sea of dots, whilst on a really good night you can see the starlings come out to play! Starling 'Murmurations' are one of the most beautiful natural displays you are likely to come across on the Great British Isles. The birds literally form a cloud of thousands of black dots which move in synchronisation as great waves arching across the sky in an organic mass, a kind of bird version of the Northern Lights! I will capture some video when I'm back home and show you guys! But for now here are some pretty pics...