Starling

We wondered what this pretty silvery bird was that was watching us during the afternoon. I looked it up later and reckon it's a young starling (Sturnus vulgaris).

We do have quite a large flock of starlings that descend on the site at times. The juvenile looks very different from the parent - unless I've wrongly identified it!

This is an adult that I photographed in March, so pretty. People don't like them because they're 'greasy and greedy'. But I don't agree!