Wicken Fen

These Starlings formed a murmuration over Wicken Fen on 23 January 2016 as dusk set in. They flew like a shoal of fish through the evening sky. The formation of large murmurations might allow them to avoid predation.

A murmuration of  approximately 2,500 Starling Sturnus vulgaris

At Wicken Fen we also saw Barn Owls Tyto alba, Short-eared Owls Asio flammeus hunting over grassland at dusk, as well as the song of Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti.