Starlings. Hypnotic in both murmurations and up close. Their iridescent coat glimmers often in supermarket car parks (well in my experience anyway) or gardens across the UK.
After a rather warm week this red-listed species was caught majestically gleaming in Donald Bibby’s bird bath. The colours in this photo are remarkable and Donald has captured the beauty of an often understated bird.
In the spotlight, Nature's Home reader Donald Bibby captures this starling cooling itself down with a nice bath.
This is what Donald had to say: “This starling had just taken a bath and the strong lighting on the wet plumage brought out the colours in what we often think of as a rather drab bird which we take for granted.”
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Beautiful photo, I didn't realise the Starling was on the red list.
Lot to learn