Starlings.

Photographs by Jem Southam.

RRB Photobooks, Bristol, UK, 2025. 11x12¾".

The photographs in Starlings were made on one afternoon in December 2023 at Ham Wall, a wetland wildlife sanctuary managed by the RSPB in Somerset. The images show the stillness of late afternoon as the starlings fly in to roost. As the book progresses, thousands of birds are shown in full flight before disappearing with the coming of darkness.

It is thought that up to a million starlings roost at the Avalon Marshes at Ham Wall. Some of the birds inhabit the marshes year-round, and others migrate from colder countries in continental Europe as northern winter descends and contribute to this staggering number of birds. During the day they travel up to 20 miles to feed and return in the afternoon, an hour or so before sunset. Southam’s photographs capture the spectacle of the starling flocks populating the sky before flying down to roost for the night, leaving the skies empty once more.

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