Jackdaw | Hainault Forest

Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

TQ4792 15/04/2025 ©Michael Trump

In spring many birds' thoughts turn to nest building and they start gathering materials...

TQ4792 15/04/2025 ©Michael Trump

...but this Jackdaw at Foxburrow Farm just wanted a moustache!

Jackdaws have a distinctive silvery sheen to the back of the head and conspicuous pale eyes. They are the smallest British crows.

Here a solitary Jackdaw is seeing off a Red Kite on a hunting mission. They have also been seen chasing away foxes in the same area. Corvids are sometimes blamed for the decline in garden bird numbers because they invade nests, however they often chase off bigger predators that might cause more damage.

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