- starling Sturnus vulgaris. Roosting starlings reach plague-like proportions in cities from time to time as the Scotsman (6 February 1988) shows:
Not having any idea of the cloud due to arrive in about 20 minutes he said: "So the hawks help tae keep the stuckies doon?" In reply I quoted him the old Scots saying: "Every drop helps" quoth the wren when she pished in the sea.