Plant Identification

Are they not the gone over bracts from the Cordyline? - When do the starlings feed on it ? they would strip the berries out pretty quickly I would imagine

Thanks for all the replies.

I can now see that it is the cabbage palm (cordyline australis) variant, which produces small berries.
I've never seen the berries, but guess that's down to the Starlings getting there first!

I start seeing the Starlings around October on it.

Highly recommend getting one of these cordyline trees if you want to see flocks of Starlings appear in your garden.

I would say it6s a Cordyline a hardy plan that grows well in the UK, not native. You can also get a purple one Purpura which is not so hardy and does not grow so tall. I've grown them in pots before and then transplanted to the garden.
They can look very untidy if the dead leaves are not removed and cut the bracts once seeds have all gone.
I have never spotted birds in any of these when grown in our garden.

I do have Cotoneaster and the birds love those berries.

There is a really good app called plantNet - you take a photo of unknown plant/shrub etc and it gives possible matches. I've used it here and in Mallorca and its pretty reliable and accurate.