There have been videos and photos posted on our Facebook shows hundreds of thousands of Starlings now gathering and roosting just south of Gretna Green.
Over the last couple of years they seem to have been split but the footage and reports show an impressive sight as the come in to roost.

The marker on the Murmuration Map has been moved slightly south of where they were last year but still on the same road, just north of the Metal Bridge roost site.

http://www.starlingsintheuk.co.uk/roost-map.html 

As always, this isn't the definitive list of Starling Roost locations, only those we have been told about of found on the various Social Media platforms. 
So, October 2019 saw the start of the Murmuration Map again for this season and we have had some of the regular roost locations as well as quite a few new locations for the map too, which is good.
for a couple of the reserves that the Starlings use, these have had their Starlings arrive about a month earlier than previous years with some in greater numbers too. 
All sites should see numbers grow over the next few weeks as more migrating birds come to the UK to join our resident Starlings so the map should turn more and more red by the end of next month. 
Here is the list of locations on the map as of 31st October 2019.......

​Ayrshire, Adrossan Harbour.
Buckinghamshire, Calvert Lake
Cheshire, RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands
Cornwall, Rough Tor
Cornwall RSPB Marazion
County Durham, Daddry Shield.
County Kerry, Nine Daughters Hole, Nuns Beach.
Cumbria, Jubilee Bridge.
Cumbria, North Walney.
Devon, Exe Estuary.
Devon, Slapton Ley.
East Sussex, Brighton Pier.
East Sussex, Hastings Pier.
Hampshire, Freegrounds Road Area.
Hampshire, Market St Eastley.
Ireland, Co.Tipperary, Ballynonty
Ireland; Tullaghnafrankagh Lough
Kent, Ramsgate Seafront.
Kent, Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve.
Lancashire, Glasson Dock
Lancashire, Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve.
Lancashire, North Pier, Blackpool.
Lincolnshire, Gibraltar Point NNR
Norfolk, Burnham Overy Staithe
Norfolk, RSPB Titchwell.
Northamptonshire, Summer Leys NR
Nottinghamshire, Attenborough Nature Reserve.
Nottinghamshire, Netherfield Lagoons.
Shropshire, Whixhall, Whitchurch.
Somerset, Dowlais Lane, Seawall Reserve.
Somerset, Ham Wall Nature Reserve.
South Yorkshire, Potteric Carr Nature Reserve.
Suffolk, Aldeburgh, Martello Tower.
Suffolk, Hen Reed Beds.
Suffolk, RSPB Minsmere
Teesside, Coatham Marsh LNR.
Tyne & Wear, Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.
Wales, Aberystwyth Royal Pier.
Wales, Anglesea, RSPB Cors Ddyga.
Wales, Cardiff Bay Wetlands.
Wales, RSPB Newport Wetlands
West Midlands, Weoley Castle
West Sussex Worthing Pier
Worcestershire, Kemerton Nature Reserve.

With a week of October still left the active roost sites are coming in.

So far there have been 31 Starling roost locations either reactivated or added as new roost locations through people reporting them to us via our online form. For that we thank you.

As well as the forms sent to us we also carry out searches of various social media platforms like Twitter, Youtube and Facebook to try to find any extra locations posted by people that may not know about our website or murmuration map. 

Here are the Active locations as of 28th October 2019. 

​Ayrshire, Adrossan Harbour.
Buckinghamshire, Calvert Lake
Cornwall, Rough Tor
Cornwall RSPB Marazion
County Durham, Daddry Shield.
County Kerry, Nine Daughters Hole, Nuns Beach.
Cumbria, Jubilee Bridge.
Cumbria, North Walney.
Devon, Exe Estuary.
Devon, Slapton Ley.
East Sussex, Brighton Pier.
East Sussex, Hastings Pier.
Hampshire, Freegrounds Road Area.
Hampshire, Market St Eastley.
Kent, Ramsgate Seafront.
Kent, Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve.
Lancashire, Glasson Dock
Lancashire, Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve.
Norfolk, Burnham Overy Staithe
Norfolk, RSPB Titchwell.
Nottinghamshire, Netherfield Lagoons.
Shropshire, Whixhall, Whitchurch.
Somerset, Dowlais Lane, Seawall Reserve.
Somerset, Ham Wall Nature Reserve.
Suffolk, Hen Reed Beds.
Suffolk, RSPB Minsmere
Teesside, Coatham Marsh LNR.
Tyne & Wear, Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.
Wales, Aberystwyth Royal Pier.
Wales, Anglesea, RSPB Cors Ddyga.
Wales, Cardiff Bay Wetlands.
West Sussex Worthing Pier
Worcestershire, Kemerton Nature Reserve.

We have just updated the #murmurationmap tonight and two great locations are now Active. 

RSPB Ham Wall has decent numbers now roosting, but a video on Twitter shows amazing numbers coming to roost at Rough Tor in Cornwall. 

Good to see the roost site reports coming in now and the Map starting to look better.

Here's to the next couple of weeks and hopefully more locations. 

Well, where did that Spring and Summer go? 
Firstly apologies that not a lot of work up front on the website has been done and it still looks the same. I have however been working behind the scenes adding 'stuff' (non technical term) to various parts of the website to try to make it higher in the search engine rankings. We are gradually getting there.

Secondly, I didn't really use this Blog section much last season due to a lot of reasons. I have now decided to narrow down my other Social Media activities, mainly admin duties on groups etc so I can concentrate more on my own projects such as the Starling Website and map etc. 
With the #murmurationmap I am looking in to a custom marker in the form of a Starling silhouette to replace the Red marker showing sites as active. I have noticed recently that one Google Maps on my phone, the markers as still shown as white so they do not stand out as much. This seems ok via the map link on the website though. Technology eh?? 
I hope that if I change the 'Active' marker to a custom one then that should make it easier for people to see active roost sites.

Finally, here is a list of the reported active roost sites as of 20th October 2019. Please understand, these are the roost sites that have been reported to us, this doesn't mean that others near you aren't active at the moment. If you do have information about ANY roost site, active or otherwise, then please let us know via our Submit Information form. Thanks 

County Kerry, Nine Daughters Hole, Nuns Beach.
Cumbria, North Walney.
Devon, Slapton Ley.
East Sussex, Brighton Pier.
Hampshire, Market St Eastley.
Kent, Ramsgate Seafront.
Lancashire, Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve.
Norfolk, RSPB Titchwell.
Shropshire, Whixhall, Whitchurch.
Somerset, Dowlais Lane, Seawall Reserve.
Suffolk, Hen Reed Beds.
Tyne & Wear, Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.
Wales, Aberystwyth Royal Pier.
Wales, Cardiff Bay Wetlands.
West Sussex Worthing Pier.

HUGE Thank you to those that continue to assist us with information for our Murmuration Map. The information about newly active sites and more importantly updates to those sites that are already show as active is greatly received. We have had a few that have been reported as no longer active, so these have now been deactivated accordingly. 

Here is the up to date list of our map locations as of 3rd December 2018

​Aberystwyth Royal Pier
Albert Bridge, Belfast
Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire
Bawsey Pits.
Cahore Marshes, County Wexham
Canterbury Sainsburys
Camarthenshire, The Ashpits
Cavendish Mill, Stoney Middleton
Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve
Cheshire WT Bickley Hall Farm 
Cornwall, Rough Tor. 
Birtley, Gateshead
Blackpool North Pier
Brighton Pier
Brockholes Nature Reserve
Brough Aerodrome
Deeping Lakes SSSI , Lincolnshire
Derby Moorway Lane
Devon, Heathfield Ind Estate
Edenbrook Country Park, Fleet
Far Ings NNR
Fishlake Meadows, Romsey
Galashiels, Halls Of Residence
Galbally, County Limerick
Gilmerton Rd, Edinburgh
Gosforth Park Nature Reserve
Granta Park, Cambridge
Gretna Inn (nearby) 
Greenhead, Haltwhistle
Gronant Dunes, Prestatyn
Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth
Hampton Vale, Peterborough. 
Ham Wall, Somerset
Hastings Pier, East Sussex
Hen Reed Beds, Suffolk
Kemerton Nature Reserve, Tewkesbury
Lanchester
Liverpool, Formby Beach
Maxey Pits
Metal Bridge, Gretna
Mill Road Bedford
Netherfield Lagoons, 
Neumanns Flashes
Poolsbrook/Staveley Nr Chesterfield
Potteric Carr Nature Reserve
Prestwick, Maryborough Road1
Quayside, Newcastle
Rhyl Harbour
River Arun, West Sussex
River Exe/Exminster Marshes Topsham
Rochdale, Shawforth
RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 
RSPB Fairburn Ings
RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes
RSPB Langford Lowfields NR
RSPB Mersehead
RSPB Minsmere
RSPB Oldmoor - Dearne Valley
RSPB Otmoor
RSPB Saltholm
RSPB Surlingham Church Marsh
RSPB Strumpshaw Fen
Sarum Road, Winchester
Scarborough Sea Front
School Meadows, Llandrindod Wells
Silloth Airfield, Cumbria
Slapton Ley, Devon
Solstice Park Wiltshire
South Parade Pier Portsmouth
Stanford Reservoir
Stiffkey Marshes, Norfolk
St Marys Church, Whitchurch
Summer Leys Nature Reserve.
Sunbiggin Tarn, Cumbria
Teignmouth, Grand Pier
Trelech, Carmarthen 
Tring Reservoirs
Warminster, A360
Whisby Nature Reserve, Lincoln
Worthing Pier
WWT Martin Mere, Ormskirk
Ystumllyn Reed Beds, Criccieth

As of Monday 26th November 2018, here is a full list of the active locations on our #murmurationmap. 
Please submit any information you have regarding and roost site changes so we can update the map as much as possible to keep the details as correct as we can so people know what the current situation is. The form can be found here.

Here is a full list of roost locations that are now active on our #murmurationmap as of November 1st 2018

​Aberystwyth Royal Pier
Albert Bridge, Belfast
Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire
Cavendish Mill, Stoney Middleton
Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve
Birtley, Gateshead
Blackpool North Pier
Brighton Pier
Brockholes Nature Reserve
Brough Aerodrome
Fishlake Meadows, Romsey
Galbally, County Limerick
Gronant Dunes, Prestatyn
Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth
Ham Wall, Somerset
Hastings Pier, East Sussex
Hen Reed Beds, Suffolk
Kemerton Nature Reserve, Tewkesbury
Lanchester
Mill Road Bedford
Quayside, Newcastle
Rhyl Harbour
River Exe/Exminster Marshes Topsham
RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 
RSPB Fairburn Ings
RSPB Minsmere
RSPB Otmoor
Sarum Road, Winchester
Silloth Airfield, Cumbria
Solstice Park Wiltshire
Stiffkey Marshes, Norfolk
St Marys Church, Whitchurch
Sunbiggin Tarn, Cumbria
Teignmouth, Grand Pier
Tring Reservoirs
Warminster, A360
Willen Lake North Milton Keynes
WWT Martin Mere, Ormskirk.

We are gradually going through the information sent to us by the submit info form on the website.
New locations have been added as well as older Starling roost locations being reactivated.

Something new with the map that we are going to gradually do is use the photographs posted on our Facebook groups, split them down in to their various locations and add them to the Gallery section of the website. Once there is a gallery that has photos of starlings added, then we will link that gallery to the location on the map. That way people who are not on Facebook but are visiting the map can see the amazing photos that we get to see in to group.
All photos used will have the original photographer credited.

This will be slowly completed throughout the summer while photo postings have slowed down and the website gallery should be a lot more complete!

Right, best get back to it.

Thanks again

Glenn and Sarah

Hello and Good Morning!

Firstly a HUGE thanks has to go to the BBC Springwatch team for linking our website, twitter and Facebook on their website during Winterwatch 2017.

Since Monday when the programme featured Starling Murmurations at Shell Bay in Dorset we have been inundated with huge amounts of new information about Starlings and their roost sites.

Twitter went crazy and we have a backlog of tweets to go through but thank you to those who contacted us.
We have also received quite a few new locations via the website 'submit information' tab and also via our email address too.
Our Facebook Group has seen an increase of nearly 500 members too which is awesome with new information coming from those members as well. 

We hope to get on top of all this extra activity over the next couple of days and have everything up to date, including the Murmuration map.

Another idea has come to mind that once the Starling season is over, we shall rework the website and map with links from the Map locations. Each location will link to its own section within the website and will (Hopefully) feature photos and may be videos from that actual site and this will hopefully give people more of an idea of the size of the roost.

So, that is our summer sorted then!!

Again, HUGE thank you to you all for your information and input!!

​Glenn and Sarah