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Starling - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Stares

The word Starling means little Stare, a young Stare, a juvenile Stare. Stare is what adult Starlings were always called until everyone …

Starling - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Starling in the Meadow

As I arrive in Broken Tower Meadow in Rome a group of Starlings scatter from their fossicking in the meadow. This one …

Starlings - The Hall of Einar - photograph (C) David Bailey (not the)

Sunset Starlings

That orange sky was enough and yet the Starlings made it even more of an experience.

Short-Eared Owl - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

An early morning

I’m not usually out early in the morning. You might have noticed that my blog contains many, many sunset photographs but precious …

Starling - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Stare

Adult Starlings used to be known as Stares. It was the juveniles which were called Starlings. By the 16th Century, they were …

Starlings - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Murmur

Urban Starlings. Winter. Rome. A park. All the perfect ingredients.

Starling - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Storno

There are only a few Swallows left in Italy in November, so it was fascinating to see Starlings taking their place as …

Stronsay - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

A day trip to Stronsay

Stronsay is one of the ‘other’ Orkney islands. I’ve not been there before because there’s no way of getting there from Westray …

Starlings - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey

Star Starling

When a Starling flies by I always take notice. They are spectacular birds, either on their own or in flocks of thousands …

Starlings - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey

Neighbours

Not everyone can get on. Conflict is inevitable. When we are all packed in too close to one another then tempers are …

Starlings - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Patterns

The Starlings at Einar make incredible abstract patterns on the wires.

Starling - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Starlings

There’s a young Starling, with a fluffy brown head, trying to negotiate the wind on Westray. It’s heading for my chimney pot. …

Starling - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Rainbow Stormbird

Starlings need a brand refresh. I’m surprised they haven’t engaged a top London marketing firm to challenge public perceptions of them. Their …

RSPB Ham Wall - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Somersettee

We’ve had a trip to Somerset. We left sunny Devon on the only sunny day forecast this week and arrived to thick …

Birds at the Peedie Sea - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Knots landing at the Peedie Sea

I’m wandering the shore at Kirkwall Harbour for an hour before the ferry takes me to Westray. I’m loving the complex singing …

Starling - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Sturnus vulgaris

Sturnus vulgaris is the scientific name of the Common Starling. Its literal meaning is ‘Starling Common’. They are certainly common in my …

Guano - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

More guano than Peru

Fortunes were built on the stuff. Entire estates and magnificent country houses like Tyntesfield near Bristol were funded by it. People are …

Pecking order

Pecking order

My first evening here and I’m desperate to get out and about on my bike. Starlings flutter and shuffle their elaborate pecking …