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... large flocks of starlings flying around at dusk anymore?

I remember being a wee lad and seeing this sight quite often, now they seem to have vanished :( Can anyone explain this phenomenon?

They were talking about this on QI last night weren't they? More of a coastal thing?  Maybe you grew up by the sea :)

Yeah, thats what reminded me.

I grew up on the mean streets of gorse hill. Would often see hoardes of them around fleming way - train station area

When I was seeing a bird down in Torquay, earlier this year, we'd quite often see huge flocks of starlings in the evening doing their aerial displays. Used to just stand there and watch them. Amazing.

Don't they migrate?

I  watch them regularly at brighton pier, its fucking awesome and has even been known to stop the traffic occassionaly. On a few occassions there have been literally thousands of them.

Yeah, but I bet when you were younger, you were seeing flocks of them :)

How I wish that were true.

Of seagulls, presumably ?

Did you have a flock of seagulls hair do herthab?

Nope. A fashionable mullet.

Like this Steve?

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Mine was classier.

They still put on some quite good displays down at Slimbridge, near the Wildfowl Trust. Also, when I used to sit in the Town End, I would often watch a small flock of birds flitting between the floodlights on the Stratton Bank rather than the match. And that was only a few seasons ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH-groCeKbE

Incredible.

I remember sitting up at the top of the South Stand (as it was then) and watching a flock of starlings do their thing for at least 15 minutes over Ferndale/Gorse Hill.  It was a dull game.

And that mullet bloke really looks like he's from Bristol.

There's a place like Otmoor in Norfolk, know the name of it Reg?

It's probably because you live in Slough Dave.

I saw a flying flock today at fulham!!!!!

I never see chaffinches in my garden yet they used to be the most common bird in Britain.Starlings,however rule the roost.Must be a regional thing.

You might be thinking of the Breckland OF, excellent place for bird watching.

 Although it has changed in recent years it's still an unusual landscape. My forays there have been a bit limited due to its eastern aspect.

 On a few occasions I've been in the Arkells and watched the starlings wheeling over Buckhurst Field....also sometimes they roost on the floodlights. Buggers if you get them nesting in your roof mind.

last time i saw starlings doing their thing was a couple of years ago near the inlaws house.st marys grove-ferndale road area.dunno if they still are about in numbers there

Yeah they still are arriba but not so often,but every now and again you will see them.I remember when i was young and lived in hughes street the fields at the back was full of starling's,it was great sight to watch them from the bedroom window doing displays.