Starling
David Attenborough presents the starling.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
David Attenborough presents the starling. Throughout autumn parties of starlings have been crossing the North Sea to join our resident birds and as winter's grip tightens they create one of Nature's best spectacles. These huge gatherings, sometimes a million or more strong, are called murmurations and they offer the birds safety in numbers.
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Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Broadcasts
- Mon 30 Dec 2013 05:58BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sun 5 Jan 2014 08:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 2 Mar 2016 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 1 Mar 2017 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 24 Sep 2018 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 4 Dec 2020 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 15 Dec 2023 05:58BBC Radio 4
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