A flock of starlings gather over the derelict West Pier in Brighton. Photographer: Mike Hewitt/Getty
It seems the awe-inspiring sight of starlings swirling in winter skies from November on is yet another endangered thing. How depressing. Numbers are declining. Nobody knows why. Use of chemicals in agriculture?
But more mysterious and uplifting - no one knows why they make the patterns they do. I feel a poem coming on.
See
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/04/wildlife-conservation-starlings
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