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Starling at Kilchoman, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a Starling on a wall, carrying something in its beakA Starling on a cemetery wall at Kilchoman, not entirely sure what it is carrying in its beak.

Starlings on the wires (under the Moon), Isle of Islay

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Picture of a few Starlings sitting on telephone wires, the Moon visible in the backgroundA few Starlings sitting on the telephone wires at Kilchoman on a sunny November day on Islay. The Moon can still be seen high in the sky behind them.

Starlings near the Coastguard cottages, Isle of Islay

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Picture of starlings in flight under grey cloudsAdmittedly this could be pretty much anywhere, you have to trust me that this was on Islay, near the Coastguard cottages at Kilchoman to be precise. While not as spectacular as some of the sights of large murmurations elsewhere you can still get large numbers of Starlings on Islay at times.