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Bully birds

They might not be everyone's favourite bird - you rarely get anyone calling them beautiful birds - but starlings have some impressive qualities when they flock. In people's back gardens, they have tendencies to bully smaller birds off the bird tables, fighting and squabbling with each other. But come the autumn, flocks of starlings gather in huge numbers to roost, producing spectacular aerial displays just before dusk.

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