The starlings have disappeared from our area (SW London) this autumn!
We usually host more starlings in the garden at this time of year than
summer; but not this year. Has anybody noticed the same thing in other
areas?

Cheers Joe
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Josie wrote:
The starlings have disappeared from our area (SW London) this autumn!
We usually host more starlings in the garden at this time of year than
summer; but not this year. Has anybody noticed the same thing in other
areas?

Cheers Joe
About 10 years ago we had a host of starlings most days at this part of
the year. They must have flown South as I have not seen any for many
years..
Peter (West Yorkshire)

Another theory - I beg to differ.

Alternatively, winter flocks / influxes may not have arrived yet in London -
i.e. not yet flown south, due to the mild weather.

Best wishes,

Keith



"Peter C" wrote in message
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Josie wrote:
The starlings have disappeared from our area (SW London) this autumn!
We usually host more starlings in the garden at this time of year than
summer; but not this year. Has anybody noticed the same thing in other
areas?

Cheers Joe
About 10 years ago we had a host of starlings most days at this part of
the year. They must have flown South as I have not seen any for many
years..
Peter (West Yorkshire)

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:02:36 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:27:33 -0000, "Keith \(Dorset\)"
wrote:


Another theory - I beg to differ.

Alternatively, winter flocks / influxes may not have arrived yet in London -
i.e. not yet flown south, due to the mild weather.

It's more than a month since they were gorging themselves on berries in Zuid
Holland. I haven;t seen any starlings since then. We do have a few sparrows
visiting our garden for the first time for years.


Not so many here now, Lamncs UK, but a couple of dozen are left after the
main flocks went off in November. They are really mixed up this year!
Here we even have starlings attempting nesting in the usual places, mainly
our guttering, dropping grass and straw all over the paths...
Also the Sparrows appear to be searching the usual nest sites - I wonder if
it's too mild here?

"Josie" wrote in message
...
The starlings have disappeared from our area (SW London) this autumn!
We usually host more starlings in the garden at this time of year than
summer; but not this year. Has anybody noticed the same thing in other
areas?

Cheers Joe
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It seems they really are in danger. Red listed on the rspb site:

http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/s/starling/index.asp

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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:27:33 -0000, "Keith \(Dorset\)"
wrote:
Another theory - I beg to differ.

Alternatively, winter flocks / influxes may not have arrived yet in
London -
i.e. not yet flown south, due to the mild weather.

It's more than a month since they were gorging themselves on berries in
Zuid
Holland. I haven;t seen any starlings since then. We do have a few
sparrows
visiting our garden for the first time for years.
Martin

I used to see them in the town centre (Rotterdam) near the chip
shop.......haven't seen any this year!
Jenny

On 14/12/06 04:15, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote:

The message from "Peter C" contains these words:
Josie wrote:
The starlings have disappeared from our area (SW London) this autumn!
We usually host more starlings in the garden at this time of year than
summer; but not this year. Has anybody noticed the same thing in other
areas?


About 10 years ago we had a host of starlings most days at this part of
the year. They must have flown South as I have not seen any for many
years..

They may have flown north. There's still lots of them in Perth...

We have a dearth of them here and we used to get a lot. I must try to find
out if they still have that 'famous' flock in Newton Abbot.

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