Hobbies persistently preying on Starling roost.--During the autumns of 1964-66 we often saw Hobbies Falco subbuteo at a roost of 100-120,000 Starlings Stttrnus vulgaris in five acres of woodland in Wiltshire. In 1964 two were seen on five occasions between 17th and 31st August; in 1965 one on 15th and 31st August, and two on 12th September; and in 1966 two on 1st September. They would either fly i...

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