we think there has been anywhere between a quarter of a million starlings this year, we have had some big groups in the past but we think this year is exceptional. the starling murmuration has attracted a large number of visitors to come from further afield than yorkshire, every afternoon, also weekend days, we have had a couple of hundred people here. a lot of these birds will be british breeders so will be going back to disperse back to their territory any time now. the cold weather might have delayed them a little bit but many of them will be from further afield, maybe from scandinavia or eastern europe, and have come to britain for the milder climate. starlings are nationally in decline so we are delighted that we are able to look after them here in the winter, they have lost a lot of breeding sites and food that they need to rear their young, so we really should be welcoming them.
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on different skin types. and i think we do need to enable our students to be ready for that world of difference. a small change on this bristol production line is now making a difference around the world, in the drive for better representation. conservationists say thousands of starlings that were once an attraction in east belfast have been displaced due to light pollution. it s thought new led lighting in the area may have played a role. the beautiful aerial display of starling dipping and diving is known as the commemoration. large crowds gather at albert bridge to photograph the natural spectacle, known to be one of the best of its
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for protests and legal reform. the boss of tesla, elon musk, is cleared of fraud charges brought against him by the company s shareholders. and it s one of mother nature s greatest displays a spectacular murmuration of starlings. china has made another attempt to calm the diplomatic crisis caused by the detection of a chinese surveillance balloon over the united states. the top foreign policy official wang yi has discussed the dispute with the us secretary of state anthony blinken, who postponed a trip to beijing this weekend in response to the dispute. china insists the balloon is a weather obervation airship that went off course, but washington says it s being used for spying. our north america correspondent,