article_snippet: However, many people took to Twitter to say it was eerily quiet during the eclipse, with birds falling silent, as predicted.
article_snippet: There were no birds flying, then no birds flying started to tweet again in the trees.
article_snippet: ’ Kitty Gallannaugh in London said: 'It's just kind of dusky flat light here and all the birds have gone silent.
article_snippet: Donald Broom, Emeritus Professor of Animal Welfare at the University of Cambridge, told MailOnline earlier this week that the most people would notice that many of the common birds stop singing and some may move to higher perches or more secluded spots to feel safer. '
article_snippet: Birds were reported to go silent during the partial eclipse, like the crow shown above in Bridgwater, Somerset .
article_snippet: Many people took to Twitter to say it was eerily quiet during the partial eclipse, with birds falling silent, as predicted.
article_snippet: There were no birds flying, then no birds flying started to tweet again in the trees.
article_snippet: Todd Thompson said in a blog post that birds went to roost as the sky darkened, crickets and cicadas fell silent and even mosquitoes vanished.
highlights_snippet: But people across the UK said the birds stopped singing in the dim light .
  