Jackdaw
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(Corvus monedula)
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The jackdaw is largely black, except for a grey back-of-neck and milky white eye. Renowned for being a cheeky opportunist, it has been known to steal other birds' hatchlings and eggs, and break into bird feeders.
Diet: Invertebrates, fruit, seeds, scraps, sometimes eggs & nestlings
Origin: Native
UK conservation status: Green
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
References
1 Anon (n.d.) ‘jackdaw photo’. [online] Available from: https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_cover_bird_page/public/web_eurasian-jackdaw_adult4.jpg?itok=tR2AxKX6 (Accessed 24 May 2020)
2 Anon (n.d.) ‘Jackdaw Bird Facts | Corvus Monedula - The RSPB’. [online] Available from: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/jackdaw/ (Accessed 25 May 2020)
3 Anon (n.d.) ‘Jackdaw | The Wildlife Trusts’. [online] Available from: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/crows-and-shrikes/jackdaw (Accessed 25 May 2020)
4 IUCN (n.d.) ‘Corvus monedula (Eurasian Jackdaw)’. [online] Available from: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22705929/131943991 (Accessed 25 May 2020)
