Starlings tonight
Early days. The first big roosts gather in November.
Where murmurations are being seen across Ireland and the UK, logged by the people watching them.
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Tonight at Lough Ennell (Carrick Wood)
The display starts as the light goes, before the birds drop in to roost. Be in place an hour before sunset; the biggest shapes come in the last twenty minutes.
16:03
Be there by
17:03
Sunset tonight
The latest reports
Last night, Thu 29 Oct
Brighton West Pier10,000 to 100,000East Sussex, England16:472 nights ago, Wed 28 Oct
Aberystwyth Pier10,000 to 100,000Ceredigion, Wales16:17Ham Wall100,000 or moreSomerset, England16:163 nights ago, Tue 27 Oct
Albert Bridge, Belfast1,000 to 10,000Antrim, Northern Ireland16:564 nights ago, Mon 26 Oct
Lough Ennell (Carrick Wood)100,000 or moreWestmeath, Ireland15:116 nights ago, Sat 24 Oct
Gretna10,000 to 100,000Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland15:45First, find a roost.
Check the map for where they were last night, or start with one of the known spots.
Then come before sunset.
The first small flocks arrive an hour early and join up over the roost.
Watch them settle.
The show lasts twenty minutes to half an hour, then they drop in all at once.
Then tell us what you saw.
A pin, a rough size and the time. Add a photo or a clip if you have one.
Seen one tonight?
Every report helps the next person find the flock, and the counts follow BirdWatch Ireland’s survey so they can be shared.
It takes under a minute.
Log a sightingFilm: Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, by Karen Roe, CC BY 2.0.