Bird watchers spot dinosaur in starling murmuration
Chris Hitchings
BBC Springwatch Digital Team
It's getting to that time of year when the birds of Britain treat us to some truly incredible displays - murmurations. The phenomenon is a speciality of the starling; something scientists believe these gregarious birds do to provide safety to one another from the claws of predators. Safety in numbers!
Earlier this week, bird watchers at WWT Martin Mere in Lancashire we're lucky enough to make a observe special dina-discovery whilst watching the aerial acrobats perform in the skies above the reserve.
On social media, people commented on what they interpreted the murmuration to resemble. Facebook user Andrew Seadon said he sees an ant, while Mark Walters is convinced it looks like a stag beetle. We're convinced that it looks like a T-Rex!
A second photo captures another magnificent aerial display; this one looks similar to a bird on the wing.
In the coming weeks we're more likely to see murmurations in the evenings. As the days draw in starlings will gather to perform so incredible stunts in the skies above our towns and villages. The RSPB say it believes that some displays could involve a whopping 100,000 birds.
