Starlings darlings of aerial ballet
It is one of nature's wonders – thousands of birds flying in formation.
An incredible murmuration of starlings was spotted over fields close to Colemere, south of Ellesmere.
Such sights can be seen across Britain between autumn and spring and happen as the birds return to their roosts, often travelling up to 30 miles away.
The displays are so complicated, diving down towards the ground then soaring skyward, never colliding with each other, that they are being researched by physicists, aeronautical engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists, as well as biologists.
For well over 15 minutes the flock performed its aerial ballet over the fields alongside the Llangollen Canal and Colemere as dusk fell on Saturday.
Among those watching was Curly Rogers, of Pant near Oswestry, who captured some of the dramatic images on camera.
"We could have stood there all day watching, it was stunning, amazing," she said. "The noise of so many wings flapping was incredible."
Star reader Robert McBridge from Ellesmere captured the spectacle on video
