Photos shared to social media claim to depict a swarm of starlings flying through the air often, incredibly, in the shape of ...

These birds are called ‘knots’ and fly together. Where do the pupils think they are going? Why do they fly together? Ask pupils to write a story imagining they are one of the birds in the flock.

Starlings flock together in thousands. Their shifting movements are called "murmurations." How can they fly so close without ... One theory is that individual birds follow their neighbors' lead.