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04/21/2014 11:08:56 AM · #1 |
i filmed this last month or so take a few minutes, have the sound on have it in 1080p HD and enjoy, was one of lifes beautiful moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBJHAfGiepU |
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04/21/2014 11:19:45 AM · #2 |
| Eerie. Somewhere around the 6:00 mark is my favorite part. I can't help but wonder how much bird shit is in that field now. |
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04/21/2014 11:24:34 AM · #3 |
Gorgeous.
I would have used the smoke monster music from LOST. : - ) |
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04/21/2014 11:47:17 AM · #4 |
| Breath taking! Would you mind if I shared this on Facebook? |
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04/21/2014 11:51:29 AM · #5 |
| that is way cool, I have never seen one like that before. |
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04/21/2014 11:51:43 AM · #6 |
| I hope to see this someday. Is it a daily occurrence? Seems there's an audience besides you. |
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04/21/2014 12:27:12 PM · #7 |
| That's an exceptionally beautiful murmuration. Well done, Giles. |
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04/21/2014 12:28:05 PM · #8 |
| This is wild to watch. I would like to experience this sometime. Thanks for posting. |
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04/21/2014 12:29:45 PM · #9 |
| Just watched it with my partner - we were both wowed, and I have seen murmurations a few times now. |
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04/21/2014 12:44:08 PM · #10 |
| nice one Giles, thanks for sharing. |
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04/21/2014 12:52:02 PM · #11 |
runs for about 2 weeks on the wetlands at a big limestone quarry in the peak district, word spread quick on facebook i went tuesday night on way home to scout there were 4 ppl there went of friday with camera and there must have been 50-60 ppl
yep share away people
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04/21/2014 01:06:13 PM · #12 |
| They do that around here, what is a murmuration ? I've not seen as many birds as you captured, Do quarries attract that type of action? (we've got one a mile or so away) Now I am officially fascinated, I thought it was just some stupid thing they did to crap on my pasture! I got the Histoplasmosus (or how ever that is spelled) from starlings, so I kinda don't like them! |
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04/21/2014 01:10:31 PM · #13 |
| You made my day, Giles! This is beautiful. |
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04/21/2014 01:13:17 PM · #14 |
there is a large wet land (swamp) which they roost in in an old part of the quarry which has been closed to workings and put back to nature bull rushes etc
they roost on the ground so the wet land is perfect as predators ie foxes and cats cant get to them as its too wet
its a shame as if i could have got to the other side there was a nice golden sunset going off behind us
a murmuration is the descriptive noun for a flog of starlings |
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04/21/2014 01:31:07 PM · #15 |
I have seen videos of this -- and tiny versions of it that have been fascinating. How incredible to get to see it in person, at such a magnitude!
Thanks for posting! |
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04/22/2014 08:32:49 AM · #16 |
| Thanks for sharing, Giles. Just amazing, and I love the choice of music. A subsequent Google search led me to site with videos of a place near Oxford where the murmuration is a nightly occurrence during the winter and the suggestion was made that it occurs in part to generate body warmth before the birds settle down for the night. |
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04/22/2014 06:05:29 PM · #17 |
| ooo now that was cool!!!! Totally amazing!! Thanks for sharing |
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