Starling looks for morsels of our crisps on our table on the terrace of the Godolphin Arms. What beautiful birds these are if you get to look at them close up.
A beautiful survivor of a bird. When in flock they are the masters of the air - their morphing flight on their way to roost is one of the wonders of nature. Excellent picture.
By the way, would you believe that on the RSPB board at Marazion Marsh, it was scribed that about 30 red kites were sighted in West Cornwall on 23rd May near St Buryan, Poljigga and Porthgwarra as well as one black kite!
Strangely the Red Kite only has an amber listing status while the Black Kite occurs only as a wanderer on migration and is not recognised as a British bird.
@ tpp. Amber status signifies species with unfavourable conservation status in Europe. May be down to a significant decline in breeding numbers, breeding areas or a combination of both and many other factors. Red status means the species is globally threatened. Sadly types such as hedge and house sparrow appear on the red listing which only goes to show just how vulnerable nature is.
I think it's fair to say that the house sparrows are thriving around here although I hardly saw any a few years ago. They look to be coming back I also have a hedge sparrow/dunnock that was a regular visitor a couple of months ago but seems to be gone for now. I was fascinated to learn about the dunnock's promiscuity recently, thanks to Rory McGrath's book 'Bearded Tit!' If you haven't read it, it's well worth reading. He was a Camborne boy and was an old boy of St John's RC Junior in Trevu Road where I used to teach, by the way, as well as Redruth Grammar School.
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