Sterling Starlings

A collection of photos

Starlings are often given a bad press because of their noisy, squabbly and greedy behaviour. They can come down to a bird table and clear its contents in minutes leaving nothing for the smaller birds. Photographically they are vastly underrated with many people barely giving them a second glance. See them on a sunny day and you will see a bird transformed from a drab spotty bird to a bird that looks like he wears a cloak of shimmering jewels. Then give him some interesting backdrops with complimentary colours and you have the means to create pure magic. One weekend at the end of Septmeber 2006 I went to the coast looking for Starlings where they collect in their thousands and what a wonderful day I had. The adults were in fine plumage (below)