Plumstone Mountain

Info on the Plumstone Starling spectacle from Roger Mathias, Furzy Mount Farm, Camrose - This is the first time that I have contacted you, but the spectacle at Plumstone last night has prompted me!!! Farming just 2 miles south-east of the conifer plantation, I regularly watch the roost. As usual yesterday evening, I found that I needed 3 pairs of eyes. Whether to watch the flocks arriving at the trees, being harassed by goshawks or to track the peregrines which tower above the flocks as they stream in over our land. Clear skies, hardly a breath of wind and a 'photoshop' sunset sky created a spectacle as good as could be witnessed.
There was an added thrill for me,  as two peregrines clashed, with lots of screeching, right above my head, for a minute or more, before singling out separate flocks to attack. I think there were 4 peregrines around, 4 buzzards, 1 goshawk along with 1 distant hen-harrier.
There were other observers, at Plumstone Rock itself, plus at least two cars right beneath the swirling flocks, parked next to the plantation. I would be interested to hear of any of their sightings, if submitted. I would concur with the 'guesstimate' of at least one million birds. Some of the arriving flocks tonight were immense.