A simple public map of where starlings are gathering, kept up to date by the people who go and watch them.
Every winter, people ask the same question: where are the starlings tonight? The birds move. A roost that was full last week can be empty this week, and locals end up directing visitors from one field to the next.
Survey forms exist, but they are built for collecting data, not for someone deciding where to drive after work. This site is for that person: one map, the last time each roost was seen, and a form you can fill in on your phone in under a minute.
Murmurations is an independent project, run from Ireland. It isn’t a charity or a survey body, and it doesn’t speak for one.
Sightings are checked before photos and videos go up. If you see something wrong on the map, or you own land where a roost is marked and want it removed, email hello@example.com.
The form records what BirdWatch Ireland’s Irish Starling Murmuration Survey asks for: the place, the date and a rough count of birds over the roost. That means the reports here can be shared with them, without names or email addresses.
Thanks to BirdWatch Ireland for the survey this site follows, and to everyone who logs a sighting.
The pictures on this site that weren’t sent in by visitors come from Wikimedia Commons, used under their licences. They show real roosts and real starlings, but not sightings logged here.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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