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starlings and their movements - 2006/11/30 17:58
Hi All!!
New to birding uk but been a wildfowl fanatic for years.
Wonder if anyone would be able to tell me the proper name for the clouds of starlings we see massing at this time of year? Sure, everyone calls them a flock or a swarm, but from what I can remember it is a behaviour of sturnus vulgaris and they use it as a form of defence.
I ask this as I once saw a documentary on Norman cook (AKA fatboy slim) and he knew the name for the whirling mass of sheppeys!!
Thanks in advance anbd look forward to any replies.
Kev Haworth
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