{"id":2481,"date":"2022-10-14T22:19:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10015\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2022-10-14T22:19:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:19:28","slug":"a-shape-shifting-flock-of-starlings-known-as-a-murmuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:10015\/a-shape-shifting-flock-of-starlings-known-as-a-murmuration\/","title":{"rendered":"A SHAPE SHIFTING FLOCK OF STARLINGS KNOWN AS A MURMURATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BELFAST CITY AT NIGHT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately while I did take a number of photographs this was the only one that was useable as the low light performance of my camera is not the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ireland hosts hundreds of thousands of Starlings from numerous countries all over northern Europe each winter, and every evening they group together and perform mesmerising murmurations before settling down to roost together for the night. 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