Image copyrightPAImage caption Starling murmurations can be seen every year in the UK, from around October to February ****************** Smaller than blackbirds, with a short tail, pointed head, triangular wings, starlings look black at a distance but when seen closer they are very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens
Noisy birds, starlings spend a lot of the year in flocksThey usually lay 4-6 eggs in mid-April
Starlings are very tenacious and adaptable birds
Over the centuries they have expanded their numbers and range in the wake of farmers, wherever suitable conditions became available. They used to be uncommon birds in the UK
Starling numbers have declined markedly across much of northern Europe and the UK. The decline in the UK started during the early s and has continued ever since
Long-term monitoring shows starling numbers have fallen by (******************************************% in Britain since the mid – s
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