There are still lots of them out there because apparently my friend Nick and my friend Helen were on the pier at Brighton one evening just when they were all coming in to land and they said it was amazing but also very noisy and after the starlings had done their wafty cloudy thing they all landed under the peir to go to sleep and it felt like they were going to crash into them but they didn't so I reckon that is where you should go if you like them :¬)

There aren't as many starlings here in the Valleys as I remember in the City. So maybe they prefer living near lots of people, I don't know.

They are great mimics, too. Many a time I've had quite an interesting whistling conversation with a starling

I forget where I heard it....

but.....

'A host of mad, glad starlings,
bossy and
glossy....'

sums them up , don't you think ?

And I think their collective noun is a 'murmeration'...

Cor...

(or should I say 'caawwk !)

Hi dear Ran
Well what do you call to starlings???????? I'm potuguese so the name of those names are different for sure
Anyway, wanna let you know that yes u have here great posts and now i'm back and home all week i'l blog LOTS! as playing..just2distract my mind w/the powrful PC of Filipe, my nephew, onpne war games we have great fun LOOOOOOOOOL
Hope is all finew you my great friend,
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The Starlings are in my back garden!
Every night at dusk, flock after flock fly over low, you can hear their wings. They head for a favourite roosting spot...and actually do that glorious swarming together a mile or so away...over the waves before snuggling under shelter and sleeping.

Yep! Like those above we've plenty of starlings! Way too many, in fact! They spend their time in our cow shed feeding then fly out en masse whenever I enter! A sight and sound not to be missed. Though I can't help but wish they'd not poop! James.