Jay (Garrulus glandarius) on a gate
Introduction
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Jay (Garrulus glandarius) on a gate
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 28 Apr 2011
The bird is sitting on top of the locked entrance gate to the Hebrew burial ground in Talbot Square > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2382376. Jays are members of the crow family but despite their colourful plumage they are quite difficult to see. They are shy woodland birds that rarely move far from cover. Jays are well known for their feeding habits, burying acorns and hazelnuts during autumn for retrieving later in the winter. Jays can be found all over the UK except in northern Scotland, in both deciduous and coniferous woodland, parks and mature gardens. Besides acorns, nuts, seeds and insects they also eat nestlings of other bird species as well as small mammals.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.635881
Longitude
1.290479