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Saturday, 01 April 2006 |
'The Birds' flock to town to escape cold
It must seem to the besieged residents of the Somerset town of
Chard that they are part of a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic
horror film The Birds. But the reality is more prosaic.
The starlings
in the huge flock which has invaded the town are not planning to tear
people apart with their beaks but are merely seeking a little respite
from the cold weather.
Over
the past couple of weeks, the flock of starlings, whose size has been
estimated at anything between 100,000 and 250,000, has settled on top
of and around a food factory and have covered houses and cars in the
suurounding area with a blanket of excrement. Some residents are having
to clean their cars twice a day to protect paintwork. |
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