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Re:starlings and their movements - 2006/12/03 08:10
Thanks for the replies!!
Yes. Murmuration sounds right!! It was during an Interview with Norman and his wife on TV that the camera panned to a load of sheppeys (definitely starlings, a term well used for them up here on Morecambe Bay!)on Brighton Pier..
He knew straight away the name and had, apparently, been told by someone that knew the correct term
As for the comments on Bill Oddie, I feel I disagree, he has taken the way wildlife has been presented, and taken it to a "human" level, not scientific. The great Mr david Attenborough IS a far more knowledgable person, but, in my eyes, does not have the approachability of Mr Oddie. I'm sure that many people are endeared by his style and his way of presenting the sometimes complex world he portrays.
For Information, Morecambe Bay (especially the Pilling/Cockerham area) is now awash with wildfowl, the recent storms seem to be keeping the Birds grounded, with in excess of 4000 pinks seen in one mass skein.
Kev
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