StarlingScan

Alert local authorities to starling. Source: Julian Popov

What StarlingScan provides

StarlingScan is a free resource enabling communities to report sightings of invasive starlings and alert biosecuritiy organisations to the damage that they cause. It can be used to help develop detailed information about starling populations, to help with controlling numbers to reduce the damage they cause. Starlings cause significant damage to orchards, vineyards, grain production, and displace native species. They are also a significant pest bird in urban area and cities.

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Record damage caused by starlings. Source: Anatoliy Lukich

What to record

Starling sightings
Photographs of starling problems
Damage such as impacts to fruit trees or residential houses
Control activities

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Control starling with your neighbours. Source: Voodison328

Benefits of using StarlingScan

Help document starling populations in your local area
Alert local biosecurity authorities about the problems starlings cause
Use the map to identify hotspots of activity for control
Work with your community to develop a control plan

Instructions

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Learn about how farmers, landholder groups, pest control professionals and biosecurity organisations are using and benefiting from FeralScan.

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How to get involved, image by B Mitchell

Starling management resources

Starling management is best undertaken in collaboration with your local community. To access resources on best practice starling management, click on the link below.

Access the practical resources here