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A murmuration of starlings

A murmuration of starlings

Over the last few weeks a large roost of starlings have been creating a wonderful murmuraiton over the racecourse. The telegraph poles give a sense of scale of ...
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Over the last few weeks a large roost of starlings have been creating a wonderful murmuraiton over the racecourse. The telegraph poles give a sense of scale of this large column of birds. This is from my first visit but I'm planning to head there over the next few evenings as well so hoping for some better shots.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 2000 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 150/1

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Feb, 2017

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