40 Most Powerful Images Of 2014

12. The Murmuration Of Starlings

REVIEW OF THE YEAR PICS 2014 File photo dated 06/11/14 of tens of thousands of starlings starting their murmuration, with Criffel mountain in the background, as dusk falls near Gretna Green on the England and Scotland border.
Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Starlings are highly social birds who flock in varying sizes throughout the year. A flock of starlings is called a murmuration and have been photographed in some truly astonishing patterns.

These flocks may include several types of starling and different families and have been known to flock in formations such as this in their thousands.

 
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