What bird is this ?

[scotjimland]

Saw this bird outside the van today .. can anyone identify it ?

 

[Road Runner]

It's a tweety pie Jim

 

[Benwick Rambler]

Jim,

It's a Jay
The RSPB: Jay

Brian

 

[scotjimland]

Jim,

It's a Jay
The RSPB: Jay

Brian

Thanks Brian .. just started bird watching and wasn't sure..

nice link :thumb:

Jim

 

[Forestboy]

Looks like a Jay get loads in my garden but they're very shy.

 

[MaureenD]

Yes definitely a Jay such beautiful birds

 

[mike hall44]

what bird is this

Jay.

 

[stagman]

Saw this bird outside the van today .. can anyone identify it ?

It's Definately a Jay and a member of the Crow family .:thumb:

 

[pappajohn]

and its probably moved on by now.......the pic was taken 4 months ago...

 

[stagman]

and its probably moved on by now.......the pic was taken 4 months ago...

No they don't move on it is a resident bird

 

[Douglas]

Has anybody ever seen one of these in the UK?

 

[dellwood33]

Its a Hoopoe - Saw one once in Surrey. I think they are visitors to the southern counties - never get as far as Geordie Land
I have seen them on trips to France.

 

[Wildman]

we see the hoopoe quite regularly in Devon

 

[The Wild Ones]

Missing

Havnt seen a Jay around our way for years!! :Sad:

 

[hilldweller]

Thanks Brian .. just started bird watching and wasn't sure..

Jim

Wife doesn't half get pi$$ed off at me.

 

[duetto owner]

We get a lot of wild birds here being by the thames but not seen a Hoopoe.

get plenty of Jays they tend to hang around on their own never seen them in pairs.

 

[JayDee]

Its a Hoopoe - Saw one once in Surrey. I think they are visitors to the southern counties - never get as far as Geordie Land
I have seen them on trips to France.

That's what I thought, but I was up in northern parts (N. Yorks Moors if I recall correctly), and there was one as large as life on the bank by the road.

Just got back from our 6 week tour around Skye and the Western Highlands then points south and east (Dornoch, Inverness, Edinburgh, Northumberland, N Yorks, Lincoln, Lichfield area, Bristol and home - as of about 2 hours ago. Everybody said to look out for eagles in Scotland, but I reckon they saw me coming and hid. Shame really.


John

 

[duetto owner]

was on that rd from edingburgh to inverness in slow traffic when a golden eagle landed on a post by the side of the rd stayed a few mins before flying off made my day first time seen on close up in the wild.