Bogus Dave
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« on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 07:49:38 » |
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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? |
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 07:52:43 » |
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They were talking about this on QI last night weren't they? More of a coastal thing? Maybe you grew up by the sea  |
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 07:58:31 » |
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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
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 08:00:14 » |
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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.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 08:18:16 » |
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Don't they migrate?
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 08:39:53 » |
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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.
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 09:12:07 » |
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When I was seeing a bird down in Torquay, earlier this year
Yeah, but I bet when you were younger, you were seeing flocks of them |
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 09:17:49 » |
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Yeah, but I bet when you were younger, you were seeing flocks of them How I wish that were true. |
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 11:30:01 » |
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Yeah, but I bet when you were younger, you were seeing flocks of them Of seagulls, presumably ? |
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 11:40:25 » |
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Did you have a flock of seagulls hair do herthab?
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 11:56:09 » |
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Did you have a flock of seagulls hair do herthab?
Nope. A fashionable mullet. |
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 12:03:46 » |
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Nope. A fashionable mullet.
Like this Steve? [url width=543 height=766]http://i45.tinypic.com/54wtpf.jpg[/url] |
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 12:10:18 » |
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Mine was classier.
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 12:20:20 » |
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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 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. |
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, November 27, 2009, 20:23:02 » |
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Incredible.
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