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BazR
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Starling roost.
Hi Bea and RS.
Starling roosts are really spectacular. Blacktoft Sands is, or has been a regular roost for some years; I haven't been to check it out for a while. When I last saw it there were many thousands coming in from all directions and forming a swirling cloud. The sight and sound was mind-blowing. There was also a Peregrine present, diving into the throng and trying to pick one off. After some time, when the roll-call had been taken, and all were present, they all dropped into the reeds just like someone had pulled a blind down, and were gone from sight, but the noise continued for a while. A truly magificent half-an-hour.
Regards to you both.
Baz.
Bea said:
Hi Bea and RS.
Starling roosts are really spectacular. Blacktoft Sands is, or has been a regular roost for some years; I haven't been to check it out for a while. When I last saw it there were many thousands coming in from all directions and forming a swirling cloud. The sight and sound was mind-blowing. There was also a Peregrine present, diving into the throng and trying to pick one off. After some time, when the roll-call had been taken, and all were present, they all dropped into the reeds just like someone had pulled a blind down, and were gone from sight, but the noise continued for a while. A truly magificent half-an-hour.
Regards to you both.
Baz.
Bea
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Hi Baz,
I haven't been at Blacktoft Sands late enough in the day to see this spectacle but many years since I worked in Bradford and regularly saw this on a much smaller scale. Clouds of starlings used to circle around before landing on the building ledges and in the city centre trees. What a noise they made and, of course, what a mess! I don't know if this still happens, the buildings have probably been made starling proof by now.
Regards
Bea.
I haven't been at Blacktoft Sands late enough in the day to see this spectacle but many years since I worked in Bradford and regularly saw this on a much smaller scale. Clouds of starlings used to circle around before landing on the building ledges and in the city centre trees. What a noise they made and, of course, what a mess! I don't know if this still happens, the buildings have probably been made starling proof by now.
Regards
Bea.
Fat Rat
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Hi All
Am I the only one that thinks the chatter of a flock of starlings is nice to hear, the sound always reminds me of walking through Newcastle at this time of the year and watching them roosting on all the window sills and trees, but I must admit they do make a mess below them.
Take care
Am I the only one that thinks the chatter of a flock of starlings is nice to hear, the sound always reminds me of walking through Newcastle at this time of the year and watching them roosting on all the window sills and trees, but I must admit they do make a mess below them.
Take care
walt-m
Well-known member
Starlings
Hello roosmum yes it was verry good just to watch the patterns in the sky,
I was a little bit mifed that Bill did not at least try to count them, after Bill's program stayed and saw the next prog with Gorden Buccanon i think that who he was, verry good camera work on the wildlife of Mull.
regards walt-m
roosmum said:
Hello roosmum yes it was verry good just to watch the patterns in the sky,
I was a little bit mifed that Bill did not at least try to count them, after Bill's program stayed and saw the next prog with Gorden Buccanon i think that who he was, verry good camera work on the wildlife of Mull.
regards walt-m
Fat Rat
Well-known member
Hi FR
Great picture, have you counted them yet?
We don't seem to have a roost in my patch, I suppose I could go the extra miles to Frampton on Severn or wherever. There used to be a huge roost under a railway bridge in the centre of Bristol but I think that's dispersed.
Bill.
Great picture, have you counted them yet?
We don't seem to have a roost in my patch, I suppose I could go the extra miles to Frampton on Severn or wherever. There used to be a huge roost under a railway bridge in the centre of Bristol but I think that's dispersed.
Bill.
bill moss said:
Hi All
I was reading yesterday that starlings are arriving at Westhay Moor Nature reserve in Somerset in large numbers and thought I'd share this quote with you...
The trust's Peat Moors officer David Reid said ".... last year we estimated the combined flock numbered around 7 million."
Asked how you go about counting that many birds, David added "you count the wings and divide by two".
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robinm
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Westhay is mentoned in this recent thread http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=44549. I'm hoping to get there at the end of the year.roosmum said:
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