Well, for anyone who was wondering, there were starlings this evening, but with the rain coming down they didn’t hang around but rather came in various small-middling sized flocks and went straight to roost rather than gathering for the usual pre-roost spectacular flyby’s. I watched it from 4.15-4.25pm, so it maybe that there was more of a display earlier on that I missed, but either way they certainly didn’t gather on mass.
As for other news, other than the Mum’s and babies/toddlers who arrived for the regular buggy walk, making the best of the weather this morning, perhaps emboldened somewhat by the thought of the table booked for a post walk Christmas gathering at a local hostelry(!), it has been at best grey and dismal and worst wet and dreary so there haven’t been many visitors today! Having said that the great white egret was on show on the web-cam on and off throughout the day, there were reports of one bittern at Ivy North Hide and a brief but arresting glimpse of two merlins chasing, tumbling and fighting their way over the centre and car park, heading from the south to the north.
Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve 
Jim you missed it Friday! Started 3.16 over by 4.10. absolutely wonderful from Ellingham Church!
Thanks for the update Maggi – if you were watching at Ellingham I hope you had a washable hat and waterproofs on – that close to that many starlings could leave one with rather a lot of “good luck” on ones shoulders!
was probably 4.30 ish that it was finishing! They dont seem to roost in the reeds tho!