https://norvenmunky.wordpress.com/20...ap-of-faith-2/
The regional authorities didn’t allow the Bird Controllers to disrupt the Starling roosting places which were just outside the airfield boundary, ( a linear large grouping of poplars) or use lethal measures on the airfield. Starlings were/are a protected species in Italy.
The starlings used to ‘commute’ across the airfield...