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Jackdaw
Name: Jackdaw
Scientific name: Corvus monedula
Category: Birds
Nature Stars: 30
About: Our smallest crow, about 30cm long with a short, chunky bill, a grey 'shawl' around the back of the head, a black cap and a white eye. Jackdaws nest in holes in trees, cliffs and buildings: sometimes they will make a nest in a chimney! They are birds of f
How to identify: The combination of small size, short black bill and grey 'shawl' with a black cap make the Jackdaw unmistakeable.
Where: Widespread
Natural Superpowers
- Predator: 40
- Agility: 40
- Rarity: 30
- Cute factor: 20
- Traveller: 30
Fantastic fact: Jackdaws mate for life, and the pair will often sit next to each other, preening.
Photograph credit: Photo credit tbc
comments
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- Date: 2019-05-28 09:18:34
- Spotty_ala
Report abuseMy mum gets loads of Jack Daws in her garden. Their piercing eyes are scary yet beautiful!
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My mum gets loads of Jack Daws in her garden. Their piercing eyes are scary yet beautiful!
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My mum gets loads of Jack Daws in her garden. Their piercing eyes are scary yet beautiful!
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I love the Jackdaw fun fact!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know I'm over doing it with the exclamation marks, but It's such a cute fact!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think they are our smallest crow I saw one it was huge. In my garden they are always flying around. Whiskolis
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In London they are as common as carrion crows or pigeons.
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common in stalybridge
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In that picture the Jackdaws eyes looked really cool!
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they are resident in our garden, i think they are nesting in our chimney pot!
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I didn't know that Jackdaws mate for life :-)
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