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are increasingly becoming rare species
Starling
Smaller than blackbirds, with a short tail, pointed head, triangular wings, starlings look black at a distance but when seen closer they are very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens.They are also more social, forming closer, often much larger, flocks and feeding quickly in busy, squabbling groups where food is abundant.
Reasons for decline in urban environment:
farming practices that have poisoned insect prey with pesticides and chopped down grassland habitat. Other farmland bird populations too are reeling from the impacts.
What You Can Do To Help:
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help our swifts by logging where you see them nesting on
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take part in our
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or to help the red list brids
About Us
Changlin Hou(Charlie), Devin Wang, Weiting Chi, Zuzana Galova and Reagan Bbengo are MA UX students from University of the Arts London running an awareness project on the RSPB’s red list of birds in the United Kingdom.
Reference:
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/starling/
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/starling-family/
https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/1999/Starlings-in-Decline-Really
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