Any Twitchers On Here?

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  1. arabian_ian

    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    I just saw a very unusual but beautiful bird in my garden. Never seen the like before.
    I googled it’s description and it would appear to be a Eurasian Jay.
    Are they common here or is this an uncommon sighting?
     
    arabian_ian, Sep 19, 2022
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    Heard of a eurasian Wolf, an a eurasian Squirral, an a eursaian song contest, but not a jay, sorry cant help. Its part of the crow family apparently found in Europe Scandinavia, Central Russia, North Africa and the Middle East
     
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    Picture from Google
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    Not sure about up there, but quite common down here, they're like a magpie in a flash suit, common in woodland, which our garden backs on to.
     
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    I sorted it for you and everyone else.
     
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    Looks like something that's flown in from Narnia. Lovely looking bird.
     
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    Ok. I also live next to woodland and it did fly off in that direction.
    Obviously not very common here as it is the first time I have seen one. The blue flashes down the wings were beautiful.
     
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    Think they're semi-comon. Awful pricks though, push other birds out of their nests and kill young etc
     
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    Never seen one in Durkar
     
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    Seen quite a few in the Peak district
     
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    They’re not uncommon but they are far more visible this time of year as they spend all day collecting and hiding acorns to feed them throughout the winter
     
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    I haven't been anywhere near your garden.
     
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    They collect acorns by the thousand this time of year.
     
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    They are great tree planters.
     
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    Looks like a Jay to me Ian, a common UK variety.
     
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    Yeah apparently a Eurasian Jay. But a first sighting for me. So maybe not that common here.
     
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    Loads of them on the TPT
     
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    Looks like a bog standard Jay to me.
    AKA " The watchman of the woods "
     
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    I can report sightings in Kaht Minor (the younger)'s garden. She lives in Baildon - close to Bingley Moor.
     
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    Quite usual in Wath Wood and an occasional visitor to my garden. Quite shy, and more often to be seen flying away, and identified by a white rump.
     
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