200 starlings drop dead from the sky on to Pembrokeshire road 'after huge electrical-type bang'
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200 starlings drop dead from the sky on to Pembrokeshire road 'after huge electrical-type bang' - leaving drivers fearing they were in a 'horror film'
Hundreds of birds dropped from the sky this morning in a mass death in Wales
200 birds were found by motorists in Waterston and Hazelbeach, Pembrokeshire
Bird expert Dominic Couzens, 59, said the starlings had probably been startled
A witness reported hearing a large 'electrical-type' bang before the mass death
Wildlife lovers were stunned after 200 birds mysteriously dropped dead from the sky in a seaside village.
Traumatised drivers said it was like watching 'a horror film' when seeing the starlings fall to the ground for no apparent reason.Witnesses said injured birds were scattered in hedgerows and on the ground and council officers cleared bloodied bird bodies from the road.
Officials confirmed around 200 starlings had died after being found near the villages of Waterston and Hazelbeach, Pembrokeshire, this morning.
Bird expert Dominic Couzens, 59, told MailOnline: ‘They were probably startled by something, maybe a loud bang.
‘Something unexpected made them disorientated and then they flew into something.
He added: ‘It’s very odd. It’s very strange. It’s not something that’s easily explained.
‘It could be some misadventure. They could have done something daft. They’re not perfect. It’s all speculation.’Witness Claire Eaton said she saw the birds fall begin to fall from the sky on Thursday night and had taken an injured one home to care for it.
She said: 'It was really traumatic, on the road there were quite a few dead birds. Blood splattered everywhere. I saw a flash in the sky about an hour previously.
'It was like something out of a horror film. I think the cause of this is man made, and people need to respect our wildlife.'
Ian Mccaffrey works in Waterston and said some birds fell out of the sky onto his car just after he heard a large 'electrical-type' bang. He said: 'When I left work last night I heard a bang and then a load of birds landed on my car.'
'Every now and again you will hear a bang that is coming from what I think is a crow-scarer that farmers use.
'However this bang was more like an electrical bang - not quite as loud as lightning but similar.'
Local newspaper editor Tom Sinclair said: 'There were 50 plus birds on the road and you could hear them all in the hedges, squawking and making noises.
'In the first wave people told me the council collected 10 bin bags, and I was there later on so I think quite a few hundred, if not a 1,000 have died.
Hundreds of birds dropped from the sky this morning in a mass death in Wales
200 birds were found by motorists in Waterston and Hazelbeach, Pembrokeshire
Bird expert Dominic Couzens, 59, said the starlings had probably been startled
A witness reported hearing a large 'electrical-type' bang before the mass death
Wildlife lovers were stunned after 200 birds mysteriously dropped dead from the sky in a seaside village.
Traumatised drivers said it was like watching 'a horror film' when seeing the starlings fall to the ground for no apparent reason.Witnesses said injured birds were scattered in hedgerows and on the ground and council officers cleared bloodied bird bodies from the road.
Officials confirmed around 200 starlings had died after being found near the villages of Waterston and Hazelbeach, Pembrokeshire, this morning.
Bird expert Dominic Couzens, 59, told MailOnline: ‘They were probably startled by something, maybe a loud bang.
‘Something unexpected made them disorientated and then they flew into something.
He added: ‘It’s very odd. It’s very strange. It’s not something that’s easily explained.
‘It could be some misadventure. They could have done something daft. They’re not perfect. It’s all speculation.’Witness Claire Eaton said she saw the birds fall begin to fall from the sky on Thursday night and had taken an injured one home to care for it.
She said: 'It was really traumatic, on the road there were quite a few dead birds. Blood splattered everywhere. I saw a flash in the sky about an hour previously.
'It was like something out of a horror film. I think the cause of this is man made, and people need to respect our wildlife.'
Ian Mccaffrey works in Waterston and said some birds fell out of the sky onto his car just after he heard a large 'electrical-type' bang. He said: 'When I left work last night I heard a bang and then a load of birds landed on my car.'
'Every now and again you will hear a bang that is coming from what I think is a crow-scarer that farmers use.
'However this bang was more like an electrical bang - not quite as loud as lightning but similar.'
Local newspaper editor Tom Sinclair said: 'There were 50 plus birds on the road and you could hear them all in the hedges, squawking and making noises.
'In the first wave people told me the council collected 10 bin bags, and I was there later on so I think quite a few hundred, if not a 1,000 have died.