A few years ago I had my garage repaired which housed a nest that was visited yearly by starlings.Modern soffits and the current craze for updating and modernising houses have reduced the number of nesting sites for these amusing little birds.They are busy busy little things that rush about at breakneck speed, unlike the more sedate blackbirds who take their time listening and concentrating on where the worms are.When the work on my garage was completed I cut a hole in the board and made them a little nest box.Sure enough they liked it and have come back every year since.
Looking out of the window this morning in my garden was the whole family past and present.The mums and dads busy busying and the fatter brown babies just standing around looking confused.There were fouteen total starlings in my little flock.
A nice start to the morning
Al