Starling
At first glance the Starling looks a bit plain, however take
a closer look and you will see their beautiful iridescent markings with white
spots, the male and female can be identified by their bills, the base of the
male bill is blue and the female is pink. Juveniles do not resemble their parents instead they are brown,
identified easily by their clumsy noisy squabbling behaviour.
Starling roosts can sometimes involve thousands of birds,
they flock together and at dusk may be seen murmurating prior to roosting, an
incredible sight to see.
Feeding Habits
Their diet consists of insects, worms, snails, berries and
fruit, and of course they will devour suet and mealworms in a short period of
time, they have become frequent garden visitors especially when the fledglings
first emerge from their nests, especially during dry weather when worms and
grubs are in short supply.
