SPECIES FACTFILE
JACKDAW
Scientific name: Corvus monedula
Length: 30-34cm
Wingspan: 64-73cm
UK numbers: 1.4 million breeding pairs
Habitat: Fields, woods, parks and gardens
Diet: Young birds and eggs, insects, fruit, seeds, scraps
LOOK AROUND YOU. The breeding season is over, and many matters which birds have spent the last few months fussing over are settled. Birds came, they bred. They sang, they fought, they chose their partners, they displayed to within an inch of their lives. Many walked on eggshells, others laid eggs. Some succeeded in the ultimate, the production of living, breathing, surviving fledglings. Now in summer, the fledglings have exploded, in poor flying skills, messy plumage and general incompetence, over the countryside. Now that all this is over – yes, apart from the odd late brood – we…