Thank you Starlings for the spring grub clean

We had the back garden mowed this morning, and afterwards I went to put some trash out the back where we store our wheelie bins.

I opened the back door and saw a couple of birdies, so slowly I put down the black bag and ran inside to grab my phone!

This is what I saw ...

and at the back wall I saw ...

So in total there were three starlings.

I was sure they would have pissed off before I came back with my phone and camera. So was pleasantly surprised that they were still here.

*The pictures in this post were all taken today on April 27th 2025.

I was thinking oh these will make for a cracking post about Starlings in Feathered Friends community!

I spy dinner!

As I said the grass was mowed in the morning so the grass had been disturbed!

Good news for the starlings as they went looking for some dinner!

Starlings ~ Friend or Foe?

Some people don't like starlings anywhere near their gardens.

I love them, of course I love a murmur of starlings but I like them in a garden because they are like your own free pest control service!

On the prowl

This one seemed to be stalking something...

They eat gypsy moths and caterpillars, which are an invasive pest. The moths destroy trees and vegetation.

These are common starlings. They were one of the first birds as a child I could confidently recognise.

Magpies, mallard ducks, swans and starlings were the ones I knew when I was a wee nipper.

This post though, is an entry for this week's Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 216 hosted by the wonderful @nelinoeva in the fantastic Feathered Friends community on Hive.

And I shall pick this one for the entry

Speckled starlings
In the UK we don't really have hundreds of colourful birds like you do elsewhere, so the speckling on starlings really grabbed my attention.

So this one shows that speckle and I will choose this for the entry picture.

What do you think? Was that your favourite?

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!