19:00 Jackdaw x20 Lesser Redpoll x1 male in fine fettle Party of 6 Linnet at Cowclough Willow Warbler all over. Mallard 20 plus with 2 young. 2 Pr Mistle Thrush Plenty Skylark and Meadow Pipits Pheasant calling. Pied Wagtail x1 Starlings over a hundred with 50% of these Juveniles Wheatear x1 female
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-- Edited by Ste Rush at 07:01, 2007-05-25
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Those pesky young Starlings (100+) have stripped all our feeders during the last week - they even managed to hang on to the mealworm feeders and empty them too. I came home one day and thay all flew up from round the (tiny) pond. I'm sure they had been trying to get at the taddies - there were droppings everywhere. Thankfully, they seem to have moved into the fields now.
Just as a matter of interest, the young starlings in my garden all sit around an up-turned dustbin lid. Not exactly a pond and no tadpoles, but full of water. Your tadpoles must be more of an attraction though Jim!! Ina
Hi Jim I know what you mean I have spent time and money trying to direct the Starlings to where i want to feed them. I have managed it now but the amount of bird muck at times is causing the odd eyebrow lift from one of the neighbours so I have reluctantly decided to lessen the food put out for the starlings.
On the plus side...aren't the young 'uns cute!
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The odd thing is, they don't normally come to our garden at all. On my GBFS surveys, it is a rare week when I record any Starlings. For some reason this year they use our trees from which to stage forays on to the fields. As for cute - that darned squawking puts me right off!
