Raven
Does anyone have ravens where they live.
I was outside just now and could hear a member of the crow family calling but it sounded odd so I got the binoculars out and low and behold it was 100% a raven. I searched online and apparently there are about 30-50 pairs in Wiltshire which I never knew it will be nice if he finds a mate and breeds around here he can play with the pair of red kites that are setting up home in a pine tree in next doors garden much to the annoyance of the resident pair of buzzards.:) |
There used to be bunches and bunches of crows here, but now you brought it to my attention, I haven't seen any for quite a long time (years). I wouldn't know how to tell the difference between a raven and a crow.
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We have plenty of jackdaws, Lots of buzzards over the town in summer and more recently the occasional red kite , and of course our resident peregrine falcons we see out and about in the summer, but sadly our swift’s have been in decline the last few years.
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Bit longer to wait for the swifts suze but with luck they will come back in bigger numbers this year. Swallows won't be long now if it warms up a bit last year I think I saw one zoom over at the end of march. |
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There were a couple of ravens nesting at an old quarry here a long time ago, 25 years or so. I never saw them but I did see ravens or a raven anyway at Edinburgh zoo about 40 years ago and it was really big. I'm not sure if it would be a UK one or a foreign one, seems strange to have a UK bird in the zoo but I remember it being very big. We have hawk type birds hanging about the garden and up at the reservoir we get ospreys from April.
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we do have buzzards, Red kites are are pain and I am wary of them with the tortoises. Ravens are pretty rare I think. And magpies - they all think they are an actor now with Penguin Bloom walking the red carpet, CB
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We currently have ravens nesting in our town. I’ve seen one once flying over into a neighbours tree. At first I thought it was a bird of prey then had a better look!
One of the NT properties close to us has had ravens nesting for years in their ancient trees. We have a lot of birds of prey and magpies nest in a neighbour’s tree every year. Plenty of crows too, but since moving away from the coast, we do not miss the seagulls! |
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