Jay - Garrulus glandarius
The Jay is the most colourful member of the crow family but it is very shy and hard to see. They are noisy and the cry as it moves between trees usually gives it away. It also has a white rump and broad, almost butterfly-like wings in flight.
Woodland
All year round
It eats mainly acorns, nuts, seeds and insects, but also eats nestlings of other birds and small mammals.
Common and widespread in Britain
Common and widespread as a breeding bird in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
22 April 2013
David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
18 January 2010
BugsandBirds39
Grand Union Canal, Aylestone.
18 August 2024
Rod Baker
Rutland Water
16 April 2013
Rod Baker
Beacon Hill
13 May 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
07 June 2014
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Species profile
- Common names
- Jay, Eurasian Jay
- Species group:
- Birds
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Passeriformes
- Family:
- Corvidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 808
- First record:
- 16/10/1993 (Ian Retson)
- Last record:
- 03/12/2024 (Isabel Raval)
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Rod Baker
Beacon Hill
13 May 2014
egaten
Swithland Wood
21 April 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
07 June 2014
Rod Baker
Rutland Water
16 April 2013
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
29 October 2012
Rod Baker
Kelham Bridge
19 February 2013
