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I love starlings. A couple of years ago, a whole small woodland in Edinburgh was destroyed to make way for a cyclepath, making the starlings that nested there homeless. So that winter the starlings moved to some trees near where I live and for a whole winter we could watch their amazing murmurations from our living room. But it was only for one year and I've no idea where they roost now. The reduction in their populations across the country is tragic.

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I love them too! They do indeed swagger round the garden, sort of walking from their shoulders like overgrown teen boys. We don't have enough of them for any murmurations, but it's always fun to hear their bubbling and cackling from our rooftop.

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Just love these cheeky noisy beautiful birds. We had a rosy starling in with our local flock a couple of years ago, quite the show stopper.

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Wow!

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A fascinating read, thank you Andy! Definitely one of my favourite species, we have a smattering up here in Milton of Leys that dart about even in the strong February winds. Looking forwards to part 2 :)

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There is a wonderful book titled Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt that I highly recommend.

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I just looked up the book, and the story of Mozart keeping a starling! Thanks for the recommendation

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Former bookseller. Sharing book recommendations is in my DNA.

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