In mid-February we went back to the Doughnut Groyne, between the Palace and West Piers to see the murmuration of the starlings again. This time they were rather further away from our vantage point but we still managed to capture something.
The murmuration had not begun but the starlings were gathering (as were the gulls).
Walking home on a wintery afternoon we came to West Pier in a dusky light and stopped to see the starlings gather for their daily murmuration.
The last of the dusk’s murmuration before the starlings all dove beneath the pier to roost.
A must see in Brighton is the starling murmurations, occurring at dusk between about November and February. We photographed them in mid-December (and may go back this month as their numbers increase with incoming Scandinavian birds).
On the famous Worthing pier, there’s a partition of coloured glass panes running down the centre. I took this shot west along the English Channel through a green pane.
In the strong wind, the gulls hung in place above us, their wind beneath their wings holding them up but not moving them forward.
I think the birds in the area are dying laughing watching me try not to crash.
— Cynthia Hand
