Yesterday evening as the light was starting to ebb away, we ventured out to see if we could watch the starling murmuration that has started to build above our village.
We had been having glimpses of it on previous nights from our upstairs windows but these were often obscured. So, we walked up through the village and watched the starlings doing their performance.
We weren’t disappointed as the flock was murmurating almost immediately and it continued to grow as the minutes wore on. The flock wheeled above the houses, breaking and reforming many times until they eventually started to fall to a large long bush in a front garden. The chattering in the bush got louder as more and more dropped in for the night.
Daft Mumblings 
Hi Pete Glad you are enjoying the Starlings as much as me ! I thought you might like to see what I wrote for our Parish Newsletter so am sending my photos I took a couple of days ago. They are still mostly around the center of the village and there are so many they have at least three different roosting sites eg High Street, the back of St Lukes Close and the back of Holdenby Road. I sometimes see smaller flocks near the Hall School but they probably join up with the main group before roosting. The holly tree is usually completely full and loud with the calls of the Starlings as they settle down for the night. Enid, the editor hasn’t looked at my draft article yet so if you think I have missed something let me know. John
Hi John, if you email the article separately I’d be happy to take a look. Thanks. Pete
Hi Pete I thought I had sent the article yesterday but may your blog is limited to 3 photos. Here it is with the photos. You might need to zoom in on the buzzard ! john