Sunday 14 February 2016

Ringed Starling

Somewhat of an obsession this afternoon, after watching it for some time as it came down for the suet pellets, it appeared to be part of a group of four which seemed to have definite pecking order, today they were quite nervous & flighty - they were obviously aware of the Sparrowhawk in the area that made a fly-by appearance through the garden which scattered them. When they again returned they grabbed the food &  legged it I managed the the one quick pic which revealed "091" on the ring, I felt it should be four digits "-091" maybe as the model on Euring suggested.Slightly disappointing really I won`t get another chance until next W/E if it`s still around. Just one point that really suprised me, was one Starling found dead in Sweden was over 22 years old!