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Jackdaws

Jackdaw - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Tumble and glide

Jackdaws are fascinating to watch. They fill the fields here in Oxfordshire with their calls, scurrying and bounding across the ground and …

Carrion Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Urban Corvids

We’re got three species of corvids in this London park. Firstly, there’s the robust Carrion Crows, with their large beaks festooned with …

Jackdaw - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Cafe culture

I’m at Portland in Dorset with my friend Mark when he offers to buy us ice creams. I’m hardly likely to refuse, …

Jackdaw - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Recycling

There’s a pair of Jackdaws working diligently through the cardboard in the recycling boxes. You’re meant to leave your recycling out before …

Jackdaw - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Jackdaws

There’s a Jackdaw on the picnic lawn at Decoy Country Park. They’re endlessly entertaining, intelligent and wary. I’m waiting for it take …

Jackdaw - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Jackdaws in the rookery

I enjoyed my brief early morning trip to the empty park to see the nesting Rooks. I’m surprised to see the Rookery …

Dartmoor - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Dartmoor birds

A lockdown lifetime ago we went to Dartmoor for a walk. I say ‘a walk’, but it was more an amble from …

Jackdaw - Crime Lake - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Jackdaw

There’s a Jackdaw flying fast towards me at Crime Lake: What a bird! It’s hard for me to be motivated to take …

Jackdaw - Beachy Head - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Jackdaws and Skittles

There’s a Jackdaw on the cliffs at Beachy Head in East Sussex. It has its beak open and is panting in this …

Jackdaw - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) david Bailey (not the)

Jackdawning realisation

As well as all the Lesser Kestrels, there are Jackdaws everywhere in Matera in southern Italy. They’re on the rooftops, on window …