Whale in the sky

Millions of starlings swarming at dusk before settling in the woods below.

Gretna Green - geotagged in case any one is passing by on the M6 around dusk and wishes to pull over for the spectacular show

It was also featured in the Mail, Telegraph, Mirror, Daily Record and Express

Comments and faves

  1. *Firefox, stewartglasson, opalpics, bicameral, and 252 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. fatseth (52 months ago | reply)

    this is amazing !
    You took this picture at the VERY good time !

  3. takieo [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)

    I thought it is a whale pasted in phtoshop! :D

  4. *Firefox (52 months ago | reply)

    It looked like a whale to me from the thumbnail.

  5. jimi.rose (52 months ago | reply)

    Wow cool shot.

  6. Bricheno (52 months ago | reply)

    Its uncannily like a whale

  7. Jenka92 [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)

    Woow, excellent shot!
    >>>seen on
    1-2-3 group

  8. opalpics (52 months ago | reply)

    'Whale' spotted Gail- sorry, couldn't resist the pun!
    Great shot.

  9. mystery.me (52 months ago | reply)

    A blue whale.

  10. dan barron photography - landscape work (52 months ago | reply)

    I bet you had a whale of a time shooting this - well done!

  11. chrystal** (52 months ago | reply)

    Wow! how incredible is that.

  12. Deborah~ (52 months ago | reply)

    that is so cool.
    thanks for sharing !

  13. scrunchy17 (52 months ago | reply)

    Wow! Incredible shot! Well seen........

  14. bauneq (52 months ago | reply)

    Just in the right moment !!!! Congratulations.

  15. jeongyun (52 months ago | reply)

    simply amazing.. wow

  16. OliBac (52 months ago | reply)

    Fabulous !
    Congratulations, seen on Explore !

    This photo should be used in class, at school !

    Please add your photo to Photos pour l'école / Photos for school
    Read the group rules first.

  17. wondrian [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)

    Great capture!

  18. duckspeaks (52 months ago | reply)

    Marvellous!

  19. Martinca (52 months ago | reply)

    Unbelievable! Great capture!

  20. lydia63 (52 months ago | reply)

    Très belle photo

  21. Len Langevin (52 months ago | reply)

    What a spectacular catch!

    Congrats on making the front page of explore! You going to get a million hits!

    --
    Seen on the explore page. (?)

  22. Sator Arepo (52 months ago | reply)

    congrats on the front page, this is stunning!

  23. QATAR ROSE (52 months ago | reply)

    woooooooooooow amazing seen on first page explore

  24. Kollektiv Pseudonym (52 months ago | reply)

    awesome work…stunning…+++
    eine hervorragende arbeit…+++

    greetings from bavaria [the one and only oktoberfestcountry ;)]

    _

  25. olivermetternich79 [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)

    yeah.. this is created by ps! that´s no(!) real foto, isn´t it!?

  26. oZ mAnIaK (52 months ago | reply)

    Wow , great shot !

  27. myregar (52 months ago | reply)

    incredible shot

  28. Alexander Teinum (52 months ago | reply)

    Scarier than seeing UFOs and aliens.

  29. Pete_Robinson (52 months ago | reply)

    Wow, captured at the perfect moment

  30. darkenergy777 (52 months ago | reply)

    What a great shot, fantastic work.!!!

  31. Bastett7 (52 months ago | reply)

    amazing capture...congrats on front page EXPLORE!!! =0)

  32. lkgilbert (52 months ago | reply)

    I'm speechless -- what a moment!!!

  33. CLARAdiv. [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)

    great capture

  34. Sriranga.rao (52 months ago | reply)

    so wonderfully taken ...wow !!

  35. tyweldishofer (52 months ago | reply)

    Wow! amazing! nice shot.

  36. gethoflic [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)

    majestueux

  37. Fernanda Maia Ramos (52 months ago | reply)

    Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado Top 20 Blue, e nós adoraríamos ter a sua foto adicionada ao grupo.

  38. RedeanaKerby (52 months ago | reply)

    absolutely WOW! That is AWESOME!

  39. Fernanda Maia Ramos (52 months ago | reply)


    This Great Photographic Art was made by a Diamond Class Photographer!
    Please add your photo to Flicker Diamond The Diamond Class Photographer
    Read the group rules please and tag your photo DiamondClassPhotographer
    Invited with SOS!

  40. october blue (52 months ago | reply)

    fantastic capture !

  41. haddartist (52 months ago | reply)

    I've never seen anything like that before! Amazing capture!

    Seen in Explore

  42. leezie5 (52 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic!

  43. Mi-ly (52 months ago | reply)

    insane !
    love it.

  44. eye_of_a_troubadour (52 months ago | reply)

    WOW! Great shot, Gail. Perfect timing!

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