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Mystery as Hundreds of Dead Birds Fall From the Sky Onto Road
Manchester Evening News ^ | 11 FEB 2022 | Laura Clements, Ellie Kemp

Posted on 02/12/2022 2:14:26 PM PST by nickcarraway

"I heard a bang and then a load of birds landed on my car"

A woman was left spooked after she encountered dozens of dead birds lying on a road as she was driving home.

Michaela Pritchard said the scene looked like a 'massacre' as she travelled on the road between Waterston and Hazelbeach in Pembrokeshire on Thursday evening (10 February).

And she wasn't the only person to notice, with one man adding that he heard a loud bang before seven or eight birds rained down on his car in nearby Waterston.

But there was apparently little explanation for what caused around 200 birds to die so suddenly, with some pointing to the nearby Dragon LNG plant as a possible cause.

People suggested other theories for why the birds had died, including electrocution or being chased by a bird of prey at dusk before hitting the road surface.

Michaela said she didn't stay around as it was such an 'eerie' sight and instead phoned Pembrokeshire council to report what she'd seen.

Dead starlings on the road between Waterston and Hazelbeach in Pembrokeshire (Image: Michaela Pritchard) She said the birds were already dead when she came across them at around 8pm, reports Wales Online.

Meanwhile Ian Mccaffrey, who works in Waterston, 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 [Thursday] I heard a bang and then a load of birds landed on my car."

He reckoned at least six landed on the ground and added: "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.

"It’s like there were hundreds of birds in the sky and all of a sudden they just died and fell to the ground. It was quite surreal last night to be honest with you - not something I have ever experienced before."

A spokesperson for Dragon LNG said there had been nothing unusual at the plant on Thursday and it was carrying on work as normal.

She added: "It's in the vicinity but it's normal operations at Dragon LNG. There was nothing different at the plant."

Pembrokeshire Council said it was aware of the incident. A spokesman added: "We received a call at around 9pm on 10 February regarding a number of dead starlings on the Hazelbeach Road, Waterston.

"Officers attended the site and there were around 200 starlings found dead on the road. The authority undertook a clean-up and removed the dead birds from site.

"There is no clear indication as to the cause of these deaths. We have reported the incident to the Animal and Plant Health Agency."


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: birds; mystery; pembrokeshire
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To: BusterDog

Apparently the 5G is a killer

Songbirds have disappeared in the area where my sister lives. People suspect it is 5-G, which came into the area last year.


21 posted on 02/12/2022 3:02:09 PM PST by stars & stripes forever ( ( Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. ~ Psalm 33:12) )
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To: nickcarraway

They all ate from the same feeder


22 posted on 02/12/2022 3:29:06 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: nickcarraway
Sick birds die while roosting, not flying.

This is either a chemical cloud or an electronic burst.

23 posted on 02/12/2022 3:35:29 PM PST by G Larry (The "Racism" charge is code for "No Intelligent Argument")
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To: nickcarraway

What if it was a bang from a drone with a load of high explosives that got set off in the sky? Maybe a farmer was tired of these birds eating his early seeded crops during the night.


24 posted on 02/12/2022 3:37:21 PM PST by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: nickcarraway

***Dead starlings**

What’s wrong with that! Nasty creatures. Poop all over everything!


25 posted on 02/12/2022 3:42:57 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (BACK IN Facebook Jail! But for some reason I can still post! On GAB now. )
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To: Billthedrill
No masks, no social distancing, and look what happened.

Were they recently vaccinated?

26 posted on 02/12/2022 3:47:53 PM PST by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; Steve_Seattle; ButThreeLeftsDo
Starlings, of course, are non-native to North America. The fact that they thrive here now attests to their intelligence and aggressiveness. I was never a fan of them until I had to do several bird surveys in areas where their numbers are growing. They’re actually quite funny birds to observe (and they’re accomplished mimics too). I used to always laugh when they “wolf-whistled” at me.

But keep in mind our native birds can be shockingly aggressive too. One of my favorites is the House Wren. It’s infamous for searching out other bird nests and furtively poking holes into any eggs to kill off the young.

Nature is brutal. But always interesting.

27 posted on 02/12/2022 3:54:19 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Flycatcher

All I know is that they group up in the fall and crap all over my truck.


28 posted on 02/12/2022 4:26:47 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: nickcarraway

Bible says its the sign of end times


29 posted on 02/12/2022 5:08:07 PM PST by roving (Vaxxers Suddenly Eager To Be Pro-Choice)
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To: nickcarraway

Backlash from an improperly insulated ZOT machine?

Where were The Kitties at the time, and what were they doing?


30 posted on 02/12/2022 5:49:52 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Hey, hey, ho, ho Fidel Trudeau Has got to go!)
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To: dynachrome

It looks like those birds flew through high voltage power lines, and were so many so close together that they formed a path to ground and were electrocuted.


31 posted on 02/12/2022 8:00:20 PM PST by Senormechanico
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To: nickcarraway

Charles Fort, please pick up the white courtesy phone...Charles Fort...


32 posted on 02/12/2022 11:13:30 PM PST by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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To: Billthedrill

Were they vaxed


33 posted on 07/17/2022 8:39:33 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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