byron 1,185 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 just a bit of a survey thingy.. now that starlings are red listed [becoming rare] and yes there,s still alot about. but declining rapidly, can people of here just take note of how many fledged young they see being fed. and let us no on here, were i live i have seen them declining rapidly.. this year seeing just one young on average per pair.now this must be something to do with a live food thing, as its not that many years back when you would see four or five young per pair.. come on mr darcy/buckshot, spread the word.. thanks in advance.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MickyB Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Numbers look stable in my area, all of the usual nest site being used, and looks to be similar numbers of adults gathering food in the fields. My area is predominantly sheep farming country, and of the arable there is on the lower ground, a good percentage of them have become organic, which i belive has been a great help to many birds aswell as the starling, as the herbicides and pesticides widely used in growing crops are bound to reduce esential feed for the growing chicks in many areas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 I was up the farm last week and we were saying just the same thing...none of the nest boxes have them in...and i have put a few up that are easily big enough for the staggys.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,185 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Numbers look stable in my area, all of the usual nest site being used, and looks to be similar numbers of adults gathering food in the fields. My area is predominantly sheep farming country, and of the arable there is on the lower ground, a good percentage of them have become organic, which i belive has been a great help to many birds aswell as the starling, as the herbicides and pesticides widely used in growing crops are bound to reduce esential feed for the growing chicks in many areas. very interesting that..thanks for reply.. this first round of young is the one i,m looking at , [next round in july]could you take note of brood size [average] when there in the fields and being fed by parents. cheers thanks.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MickyB Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Numbers look stable in my area, all of the usual nest site being used, and looks to be similar numbers of adults gathering food in the fields. My area is predominantly sheep farming country, and of the arable there is on the lower ground, a good percentage of them have become organic, which i belive has been a great help to many birds aswell as the starling, as the herbicides and pesticides widely used in growing crops are bound to reduce esential feed for the growing chicks in many areas. very interesting that..thanks for reply.. this first round of young is the one i,m looking at , [next round in july]could you take note of brood size [average] when there in the fields and being fed by parents. cheers thanks.. Ill keep watch, and take note of size of broods I see, and will report back to this thread...... though there arnt many out of the nest here yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NID 0 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Good thread,what i've noticed over the years is the change in building's,roofs and soffits,years ago every small hole at soffits had starling or house sparrow in them. Now there's no holes every new build has pvc soffits and cladding,atb NID. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,185 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 I was up the farm last week and we were saying just the same thing...none of the nest boxes have them in...and i have put a few up that are easily big enough for the staggys.... talking to a lad other day [whilst looking for bee eaters] he was telling me about twenty four nest boxes that all held diifferant tits and all held young, when they was checked few days later, all had failed now that seems to be a big big problem dont you think.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 I wwill look out for them as well not promising anything as i am not very good on the id front of birds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,185 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 I wwill look out for them as well not promising anything as i am not very good on the id front of birds kay the young uns are a grey colour..thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,185 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Good thread,what i've noticed over the years is the change in building's,roofs and soffits,years ago every small hole at soffits had starling or house sparrow in them.Now there's no holes every new build has pvc soffits and cladding,atb NID. spot on there nid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plummer1 0 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 weve got bird feeders out the front garden with mealworm etc and i would say theres been a definite increas round here as there are about a dozen or so groups hanging around where we only used to get a handfull. hope this helps you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 I wwill look out for them as well not promising anything as i am not very good on the id front of birds kay the young uns are a grey colour..thanks. I will take pics of what i see & show people on here they will know what they are Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,185 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 I wwill look out for them as well not promising anything as i am not very good on the id front of birds kay the young uns are a grey colour..thanks. I will take pics of what i see & show people on here they will know what they are best just pm them to me then kay.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 I wwill look out for them as well not promising anything as i am not very good on the id front of birds kay the young uns are a grey colour..thanks. I will take pics of what i see & show people on here they will know what they are best just pm them to me then kay.. What the bird photos , you do realise they will be everything i take from this point on feathered Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolly 4 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 theres loads in the guttering on my street and you can hear young squarking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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