Villagers in Airth, Scotland had been struggling with months of power outages- only to find out that starlings were causing their electricity issues.

SP Energy Engineer Neil McDonald filmed the birds gathering on power lines, and murmuring during a visit to the village.

SP Energy and the RSPB are now working to deter the birds from gathering there.

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