User:Charlesdrakew

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CHARLES lives in southern England.

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Interests include; conservation, ecology, gardens, shotokan karate.

I mainly work on articles relating to southern England and rivers and Roman roads, plus anything else that catches my interest. I take lots of photos wherever I go to upload to commons.

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The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a medium-sized perching bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 centimetres (8 inches) long and has glossy black plumage, which is speckled with white at some times of year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts, with an unmusical but varied song. The starling has about a dozen subspecies breeding in open habitats across its native range in temperate Europe and western Asia, and it has been introduced elsewhere. This bird is resident in southern and western Europe and southwestern Asia, while northeastern populations migrate south and west in winter. The starling builds an untidy nest in a natural or artificial cavity in which four or five glossy, pale blue eggs are laid. These take two weeks to hatch and the young remain in the nest for another three weeks. The species is omnivorous, taking a wide range of invertebrates, as well as seeds and fruit. The starling's gift for mimicry has been noted in literature including the medieval Welsh Mabinogion and the works of Pliny the Elder and William Shakespeare. This common starling was photographed at Bodega Head on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California.Photograph credit: Frank Schulenburg

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		For the incredibly helpful work and time you put into getting Gungnyeo and Musuri to have clearer descriptions, I, award Charlesdrakew this copyeditor's barnstar. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work!Caspian blue 20:16, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

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		For ORIGINALly helping me when I was a new Wikipedian. Thanks to you, I am where I am today. The Arbiter^★_★^★ 23:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

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		Please, accept this well-earned reward for your efforts here on Wikipedia, friend! May you continue to aid others and devote your fine skill to editing articles here! God bless you! Celestialwarden11 (talk) 21:33, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

	The Civility Barnstar
	I'm really impressed how you turned a tense situation regarding the Councils/tobacco situation into a way to welcome and teach a newbie. Cheers! A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 12:58, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

	The Real Life Barnstar
	You rock! Thanks for being an awesome Wikipedian and helping so much! Theopolisme (talk) 21:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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	Congratulations on hitting 25k in edits!! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia, Charles :) SarahStierch (talk) 22:46, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

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	Thanks Kisulius (talk) 08:46, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

On May 8, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Western Weald, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 23:33, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

On May 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article London to Brighton Way (Roman road), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Royal broil 16:42, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

On June 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article New Lipchis Way, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Mifter (talk) 05:28, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

On July 30, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chichester to Silchester Way, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 01:29, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

On November 15, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North Bridge, Halifax, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 07:21, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

On November 21, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dean Clough, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 19:14, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

On January 29, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Borough Market, Halifax, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:01, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

On June 15, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tolson Museum, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for this Victuallers (talk) 18:02, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

On 4 October 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Mary's Church, Elsing, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

On 23 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 3rd Earl of Egremont (bust pictured) simultaneously maintained around 15 mistresses with more than 40 children at Petworth House? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

On 26 January 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Up Marden, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Wiohstan sold five hides at Up Marden (church pictured) to Bishop Wulfhun to take his family on a journey to Rome? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Up Marden. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:02, 26 January 2013 (UTC)