Wildlife
Swirling starlings
Nights on the town are numbered for Brighton's West Pier starlings.
Nights on the town are numbered for Brighton's West Pier starlings.
Starlings - The Black Sun
Marcus du Sautoy travels to Denmark to watch a flock of starlings as they make their annual migration from southern Europe to Scandinavia.
In episode three of The Code, Marcus du Sautoy travels to Denmark to watch a flock of starlings as they make their annual migration from southern Europe to Scandinavia and marvels at their formation known as the black sun.
Bully birds
Starlings aren't an obvious favourite, until they take to the air in autumn.
Starlings aren't an obvious favourite, until they take to the air in autumn.
Starlings strut their stuff
Chris Packham gets a worm's eye view of the starling's adaptations.
Chris Packham gets a worm's eye view of the starling's adaptations.
A starling's history of Britain
Woodland clearances created the ideal environment for a starling boom.
Woodland clearances created the ideal environment for a starling boom.
Expert flockers
Chris Packham discovers how starlings move so quickly in such huge numbers.
Chris Packham discovers how starlings move so quickly in such huge numbers.
Winter starling visitors
Starlings from mainland Europe join our resident birds in search of warm, moist feeding grounds.
Starlings from mainland Europe join our resident birds in search of warm, moist feeding grounds.
Flocking advantage
Predators like peregrine falcons drive the flocking behaviour of starlings.
Predators like peregrine falcons drive the flocking behaviour of starlings.
Skyful of starlings
A flock of starlings funnels down en masse to roost on Aberystwyth's pier.
A flock of starlings funnels down en masse to roost on Aberystwyth's pier.
Model starlings
Computer modelling shows the complex cognitive behaviour of flocking starlings.
Computer modelling shows the complex cognitive behaviour of flocking starlings.
Bird heaters
Thermal images show how starlings create pockets of warm air to roost in.
Thermal images show how starlings create pockets of warm air to roost in.
Starling huddle
As the night chills, starlings at the roost's edge cuddle up to keep warm.
As the night chills, starlings at the roost's edge cuddle up to keep warm.
Roost awakening
As dawn breaks, a torrent of starlings empties from the overnight roost.
As dawn breaks, a torrent of starlings empties from the overnight roost.
20,000 starlings
Iolo Williams watches an impressive starling display over Aberystwyth Pier in Mid Wales.
The starlings at Aberystwyth Pier arrive en masse to roost on the pier each night and the sky rapidly fills up with swirls of black birds over the sea.
Starling night life
Hidden cameras capture the secret life of a starling roost on Aberystwyth pier.
Hidden cameras capture the secret life of a starling roost on Aberystwyth pier.
Swarming starlings
Gulls and falcons have a hard time catching starlings in Rome.
You'd think that with 10 million starlings to choose from, gulls and falcons would have an easy time catching their prey. But starlings have safety in numbers, as shown in the wonderful clip from Swarm. Faced with a giant shape-shifting monster, the gulls and falcons don't stand a chance.
Flocking starlings
Flocking starlings can be one of the UKs most impressive wildlife spectacles.
Flocking starlings can be one of the UKs most impressive wildlife spectacles.
Flocking starlings
Thousands of birds flock to their roost in one of Britain's greatest wildlife spectacles.
Thousands of birds flock to their roost in one of Britain's greatest wildlife spectacles.
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