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
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
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Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
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