This time, I’m introducing some of these birds beginning their nest-building in a freshly budding forest. The Chestnut-cheeked Starling got its Japanese name ’Komukudori‘ (meaning ’small Grey Starling ...

Starlings are medium-sized birds that have shiny feathers with a purple and green sheen, and often with white spots during winter. They are also excellent mimics and can make a huge variety of tweets, ...

Adorable images show springtime birds hard at work while busily building nests in British countryside gardens.

Conservationists are concerned as the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch results for 2025 show the ‘charismatic’ birds sliding down the rankings.

The birds also prefer short grass to look out for predators, so mowing the lawn now and then is beneficial, the charity says, while putting up nest boxes for starlings – with a 45mm (1.8 inch ...

having a mix of short and long grass to help starlings watch out for predators; keeping lawns natural with dandelions and clovers so there would be more invertebrates; and putting up nest boxes.

Fewer starlings are visiting UK gardens, according to the conservation charity, the RSPB. It says its Big Garden Birdwatch, which took place over the last weekend in January, recorded the lowest ...