Jackdaw in Braidburn Valley Park
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Jackdaw in Braidburn Valley Park
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 20 May 2012
One of a group of Jackdaws [Corvus monedula] feeding on the grass - there were a lot of bibionid flies around [those black ones with dangly legs - St Mark's or March Flies] - their larvae live in the soil and may well be what the jackdaws were feeding on.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.91593
Longitude
-3.213832