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YOUNG STARLING ?
I was out in the garden pruning shrubs, when I looked up and saw what I think is a young starling. It did not seem bothered by me or the neighbour working next door.
I went in for my camera, hoping it would be there when I got back luckily it was:-
It stayed in the garden for ages, wandering around the lawn, then on the bird table, until it went back to the same bush. No other starlings were around.
ALso got a pic of this:

Is it a bee or a wasp ?
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Hi Lyndab, that's quite an unusual colouring for a starling though I'm sure you're right, looking at the chest plumage. I think the bee/wasp is actually a hoverfly.
i thought the starling looked a bit odd as well so I googled some pics and it is a starling.
and a hoverfly as Bob says
In the sticks near Peterborough
It's an adolescent starling, just growing out of its young plumage (grey/brown colour) and getting its adult colouring.
Never seen a young starling with a white head and bib like that. Looks really pretty. Is it a different one to the normal one you see?
Thanks a lot for replies - It really is a pretty bird at this stage and not skittish at all.
I think I had better brush up on flys bees and wasp recognition - nice to know hoverfly don't sting.
love starlings they come to my feeders in droves.. very noise as well.. it is a young one gaining its adult feathers.. they start off brown and very beautiful.. the ones in my garden at mo are half and half.. and do looke strange.. but they are super
its lovely to see them at dusk when do acrobatics across the sky before they roost.Somerset is the place to watch them.
What a fantastic picture Lyndab and what a beautiful bird. I haven't seen a Starling since I really can't remember when, juvenile or otherwise so this is a fantastic reminder of what I've been missing
here is a young one on my feeders.. they have been large groups for last two years.. nice to see.. thou very greedy and they love suet pellets..
gardeningfantic that's awesome. If only we had starlings. Just about everything else, but never a starling, sigh