Any bird experts out there?

Question

Last night loads of birds were flying high in the sky for as far as the eye could see (Midlands, uk).

I know nothing about birds, but I would love to know what kind they were, and why they were doing this (they hung around with this random flying for over half an hour).

They didn`t fly in a flock - they kept individual, very high up too. Energetic, graceful fliers.

As far as I could see they looked light grey underneath, with quite a narrow longish wing span, with maybe a slightly different colour on the tips of their wings. They looked like young birds. Occasionally a flock of a different kind of bird swooshed among them. What was going on and what kind of bird were they? Any ideas?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

They were probably starlings they do this prior to roosting. They seem to weave through each other?

Answer 3

Hi! Umm. Sound Like Greater White-Fronted Geese. Depends on How big or small they were. Graceful? Probably not a starling.

Hhmmm.

If They Were Geese then they were migrating from the south or something.

Hope I Could've helped

-L!@M