100,000 starlings work together to outwit two falcons

Stunning video shows more than 100,000 starlings working in unison to outwit two peregrine falcons. The footage shows the birds swooping and twisting during the murmuration which looked like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's horror movie 'The Birds'. The four-minute clip shows the flock of starlings sweeping across the sky as they work together to confuse and intimidate the attacking birds of prey. In one scene hundreds of starlings form a large swarm before rushing the hovering falcon which appears momentarily stunned. A moment later one of the falcons dive-bombed onto a group of birds which had broken away from the larger starling formation. The mesmerising battle of wits was played out in the skies above the quaint Northumberland village of Wall, near Hexham. Architect Matt Charlton, 39, filmed the mid-air phenomenon as he drove his two sons home from school last Friday (3/3) afternoon. The starlings are said to be flocking to Wall for the next two weeks before they fly back to northern Europe for the summer.

• 2023-03-17T17:15:55+00:00
• Duration: 04:25

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