“In winter the starlings gather in large groups,” says Bou, who took this photo in the agrarian village of Arbeca, Spain. “Starlings often prefer cities and agricultural areas, where their ...

“What time are the birds due?” asked the woman beside me. The curtains would open on the starlings of the show – a cast of thousands – at 5:50pm on a chilly February day in Lilliput on the ...