‘Budgie mayhem’: desert in central Australia turned green and gold by budgerigar murmuration – video

After a bumper wet season, huge flocks of budgerigars are on the move in the desert.  A massive murmuration – the phenomenon of thousands of birds flocking together – has swarmed the Northern Territory. Photographer Steve Pearce has captured the natural phenomenon, saying ‘The photos are always only pointing in one direction. There could have been 100,000 of them.’

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• ‘Mesmerising’: a massive murmuration of budgies is turning central Australia green and gold

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