Starling roosts in Lincs

Paul French · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:35 pm

Hi

Could anyone please tell me if there are any decent starling roosts in the county. I guess that Far Ings will have one, but what about anywhere a bit further south?

Thanks,

Paul.

Katherine Birkett · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:13 pm

I think there is one near Oldrids Downtown and Tesco to the west of Boston..... we get plenty of swooping Starlings this end of town during the winter and early spring....

Grahame Hopwood · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:34 pm

Paul

You may be interested to know that Boultham Mere LWT Reserve in Lincoln currently has a Starling roost estimated to hold 40-50,000 birds. Last winter at its peak the roost was estimated to hold up to 65,000 birds.

There is little in the way of information to undertake comparisons, but we do wonder if this is one of the more important roost sites in Lincolnshire.

Regards

Grahame

Paul French · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:07 pm

Thanks Grahame, much appreciated.

John T Goy · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:30 pm **Posts:** 2385

Paul,

MSQ had one and still does as far as I know. If I find out for sure I'll PM you.

Max

The Lincolnshire Bird Club

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