If birds left tracks in the sky ... were drained around 1950 for agricultural use and restored in 2005. “In winter the starlings gather in large groups,” says Bou, who took this photo in ...

The common European starling was recently placed on the red list as a bird of high conservation concern. In the UK, staring numbers have dropped by 67% since the early 1970s. The decline in starlings ...

Great efforts have been made to curtail the introduction of exotic species into the wild. One reason is because some become too successful, threatening the well-being of native species. Many ...

Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably and problematically the most successful bird on the continent. Often characterized as bold ...

Kathryn Cooper / Bird Photographer of the Year "Between November and March, tens of thousands of common starlings migrate to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Potteric Carr Nature Reserve," says Cooper.