Starling
Taken at Troon on 20th August 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Blackness on 14th July 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens Fact File
Taken at Doonfoot on 27th September 2020 using Nikon D500 with 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Starling
Starling
Starling

Taken at North Berwick on 16th February 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Starling
Taken at Troon on 20th January 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Starling
Taken at White Sands on 20th October 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Starling
Taken at Barns Ness on 18th November 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Starling
Female
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 21st October 2014 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Female Starling
Fledgling
Taken at Doonfoot on 30th May 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
 Fact File
Juveniles
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 2nd June 2025 using Nikon Coolpix P950
 Fact File


Taken at Troon on 29th May 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
 Fact File

Taken in Jim's garden on 4th September 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Juvenile Starling
Taken at Skateraw on 26th September 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.  Fact File

Lunch
Taken at Musselburgh on 8th May 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File

Starling.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Local Names:		 Sturnus vulgaris.
Passeriformes.
Sturnidae.
Stuckie.
Site Of Nest:
Materials Used:
Food:
Plumage:


Length:
Nesting Period:
Eggs:
A hole in a wall, tree or building.
Grass, lined with feathers, wool and moss.
Will eat almost anything.
Black spangled with white. Reddish-brown legs. Most people see the Starling as a rather dull, nuisance bird. However, caught in the right light, it is one of our most ornate birds.
19 - 22 cms.
Mid April. Clutches 1-2.
4 - 9. Light blue, smooth and glossy. 
Voice: