@onewing Thank you Babs I know what you mean when I was a lad they were not a welcome visitor, but now starling numbers have fallen by 66 per cent in the UK since the mid-1970s, Starlings are now a protected bird in the UK:)
@gardenfolk Thank you Cathee for both your comment and Fav, Starlings look very plain at a distance its only close up you see its stricking markings and colours:)
Ah, there's that lens at work. Outstanding! The detail, the patterns and the colours that you brought out here all justify its purchase - in this photo alone!
@stray_shooter Thank you for your great comment Ron, both camera and lens working in harmony,. handheld at 1/100th sec f7.1 set at 600mm can't wait to test it in anger at a motor race:)
@Weezilou Thank you for both your great comment and Fav Louise, I don't think it will make the TT page as I've never had one good enough to be listed there since I started on 1st January 2014:)