STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset. The extraordinary light and shadows echoes the 1960s hit film as huge numbers of the birds appear ready to descend and attack earth below. Fortunately it was actually a far more peaceful setting on Brighton Pier as the amazing murmuration of the birds gathered around the coastline of the seaside resort. They swooped around in the winter sun in February this year, as captured by Hove based photographer Alan Mackenzie. He said despite the large numbers of birds, they have dramatically dwindled in recent decades.Alan, 32, said: "Moments like this make me proud to live on such a beautiful planet and appreciative of the fact that, as a human living in the modern world, I am privileged enough to observe it all
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This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
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TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
