Rooks are on my list and I've been gathering footage so hopefully I'll be able to get a rook video together in the next 4 to 5 weeks :) cheers, I'm really glad you enjoyed the video.
Cheers mate, was waiting for a vid on Jays. I like these birds, it's cool how they dive down from the trees to collect a nut or something when they think you aren't looking.
We get some jays visit our garden daily, we have a feeder on our window that is mainly used by them, so we see them up close very frequently, it's nice
Beautiful bird, crows mimicking other sounds. Once while in the quieter part of Loch Lomond out of reach & totally chilling in solitude & nature I was startled out of my reverie by a mobile phone ringing. 😩All was well it was a carrion crow. I’m sure it smiled at me.😀
Another great Video Liam .... i saw something very unusual ..... i heard a loud squawking noise and to my astonishment saw two Magpies pinning a Jay by its wings, the Jay was on it's back and struggling to get free, the Magpies started pecking at the soft belly of the Jay, feathers were starting to be removed... i just could not let it happen, i shouted and the Jay was able to free itself and fly off... the Magpies followed but the Jay was gone.
I love these videos, We have most of these birds visit our garden, as we live close to the country side. We set up our bird corner in the garden 3 years ago, and the joy it has brought us watching these amazing animals, has been priceless! Keep the videos coming please! You’re doing a great job!
My grandparents had a pet jay that could 'talk' as clearly as a human, even imitating my Nana humming to herself while she did the housework. It was a useful security device: the cottage was isolated and Nana was alone for much of the time. Anyone knocking at the door would hear the jay chattering away in the next room and assume that there were others in the house.
Loving your vids mate. Keep on keeping on. More bird calls perhaps? There is one very distinctive call that I heard for a couple of weeks just over a month ago and I would love to know what it was. Sort of a whistle starting low and rising in pitch. Stop then repeat. Yeah, I know. That's useless lol. Anyway keep on with the vids.
I once heard an awful, loud scraping sound in my neighbourhood and didn’t know what it was. I thought it might have been a dying magpie or something. Months later I found out it was a jay.
Another thing you may not know is, (ive seen) a group of males displaying to the females and while calling to them. The white feathers on their heads raise up like the ones on Waxwings. I saw them do this 6 years ago today. In a park. I was looking for Waxwings. But ended up with Jay's instead.
They are so beautiful. I see one of them , here in Israel, in a wood, and in town and one and, here and there, and two of them, here close to my block of flats. They always hide between leavs and on top of trees. I am always glad to see them.
Ive watched every video on your channel and i have learnt so much so thank you, if you could would u do a video on the swallow please i seen one today but they are very fast i managed to get a photo not a very good one i would love to learn more about them, many thanks love your channel keep up the great work
The pair that visit our garden quickly worked out how to steal mealworms from the covered Robin Feeder, now the other large birds give it a go, not always very successfully, though the Starlings cottoned on quickly that they could cling to the bowl and get their necks under the dome.
Bit of a love/hate relationship with them at the moment as for the past five years they've stripped our apple trees completely. Don't mind sharing but they are well greedy. The last two days the local gang are squawking above our heads.
How is it possible some individual birds get so extremely old, compared to average? I read something similar about kingfishers. Is this common with birds? Do most birds die of other causes than a natural old age?
Yes, unfortunately the cause of most bird deaths are not old age- Predation, starvation, accidents etc. Its the same with every species I have done a fact file about, the average age is far less than the potential lifespan and its not just true for birds, fish and mammals have the same pattern.
Mad that seen one of them on Saturday on me garden gate I was thinking I was a mad look magpie hahaha mate it’s amazing how much wild life we have in uk mate
Jays are beautiful birds close up; I love watching the couple that we have up at my local wood. Not only are they extremely intelligent, but they can also be extremely noisy, adding to the cacophony of calls from other birds such as magpies; crows; woodpeckers (greater spotted, I think) and the various tits. I am totally at peace and at one with Nature when I'm up there.
@@AShotOfWildlife I kind of thought so as they are Corvids. Can you do a piece on the Red Kite, and the Little Egret please? We have them here in Buckinghamshire
Hi David, Thanks for your kind offer of slow worm images. Do you mean videos or photographs? I have just uploaded a red kite video: th-cam.com/video/hFWHDPG6KgY/w-d-xo.html Enjoy!
I've had them on my balcony and in the garden in Barnes London fed them peanuts with the skins on. Not sure about the shelled nuts but I'm sure they can manage them too! This was in 2021 but not so much this year but they're still around not far, they look amazing when taking off because they expose lovely colours of their wings! Noisy but nice visitors. 😊👍🏿
"What you need to know about EURASIAN Jays", since Garrulus glandarius is only one of over 4 dozen species of often distantly related corvids referred to as "Jays". At the very least, present day Jays represent 2 separate lineages of New and Old World corvids, within which are both among the least and the most socially evolved corvid species, even within genera. Eurasian Jays are among the most asocial and socially primitive of corvids. Their historical reliance on acorns as a cached winter food reflects the vast expanses of primary oak climax forests that once existed in what are now the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and many other European countries. At the other extreme, some New World Jays are among the most socially evolved of corvids, surpassed only by most populations of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhychos) and their Northwestern Crow (C. caurinus) descendants. Oh, last and least, jays (sensu lato) are among my top favorite birds.
Thanks for that. I was tempted to have the full name but a lot of people here, in the UK, know them as Jay's and would perhaps not be interested in a video if they didn't recognise the name. I am surprised that you are the only person to mention that so far to be honest. Cheers
Had a Jay visit my garden about 6 months ago for a few visits but then vanished. Wasn't sure I'd see one again, then suddenly a few days ago we had not one but two squabbling with a woodpecker over our fat block feeder! I threw out a few mealworms and peanuts and the pair have been visiting every morning since then :) It's cool having a bird visit my garden that I've never seen anywhere else!
I could be wrong, but while they would be seen across the UK, within Northern Ireland where I live, there doesn't seem to be that many, and I can say the same for Common Ravens. I saw one Raven last week in Peatlands, and that's just the first time I've saw one in person. But how come there aren't that many about Liam?
It's an average, so say 25% die at 1, then 25% could also die at 3 although it is of course more varied than that. I expect a lot of them die young so those that survive go for 4, 5 or 6 years.
We have just had a visit from an Eurasian Jay in our garden. We were surprised as we have never seen one appear before in our garden. Are they common in West Norfolk? Such a beautiful bird.
Hi Fiona. Great job on spotting one in your garden today. Their numbers seem to be increasing across Norfolk, I see them daily in norwich. They are quite habitual so if you keep a close eye on your garden at around the same time tomorrow you might see it again. Cheers.
@@AShotOfWildlife That’s brilliant news, thank you for getting back to me. I really appreciate that. I shall be looking out for the Jay tomorrow. He seemed to be quite partial to the fat balls.
@@AShotOfWildlife We put food out for the birds all year round. We think it’s important to keep them fed. But we especially put out more in the winter. In the summer the birds eat all the cherries. I do hope the Jay comes back tomorrow thank you I shall keep my fingers crossed 🤞
we found a nearly adult Jay in our garden what is the best to do for it as he cannot really fly well and we have plenty of wildlife in our garden like foxes please advise
I just found your channel and this sort of content is what the internet should be all about! You are fantastic, and I've loved every video so far. Looking at a Jay (although this applies to virtually every bird and animal) it is beyond me how evolution can 'just so happened' to have made them so spectacularly beautiful.
Handsome birds! They're one of two species I most commonly get asked about by "muggles". The other being the Pied Wagtail. Keep 'em coming Liam. All good stuff mate 👍🙂👍
I've got a pair that visit my garden, they are so so shy though, they love the mealworms I put out, love your videos.
You always hear Jays before you spot one
Thats true of our North American Blue Jay as well.
I used to hear their screams often but rarely saw one.
Superb content as always Liam! Love the addition of the bird calls!
Thank you!
Awesome!!! I run a corvids rescue and this was great! Can you do one on the rook? I currently have two rooks in my care they are so smart and loving
Rooks are on my list and I've been gathering footage so hopefully I'll be able to get a rook video together in the next 4 to 5 weeks :) cheers, I'm really glad you enjoyed the video.
They are beautiful & quite large birds. Love seeing them 😍
Just saw one this morning this video has confirmed what I saw. Beautiful bird
Cheers mate, was waiting for a vid on Jays. I like these birds, it's cool how they dive down from the trees to collect a nut or something when they think you aren't looking.
We get some jays visit our garden daily, we have a feeder on our window that is mainly used by them, so we see them up close very frequently, it's nice
Absolutely love your videos! Thank you for making them, I learn stuff all the time from you, its so great!
Wow super cool ❤
Thanks for another great video Liam. Beautiful birds, we have them in the area. Very cautious birds but clever. One of my favourites☺️👍❤
Beautiful bird, crows mimicking other sounds. Once while in the quieter part of Loch Lomond out of reach & totally chilling in solitude & nature I was startled out of my reverie by a mobile phone ringing. 😩All was well it was a carrion crow. I’m sure it smiled at me.😀
Crow family are just rockstars!
Another great Video Liam .... i saw something very unusual ..... i heard a loud squawking noise and to my astonishment saw two Magpies pinning a Jay by its wings, the Jay was on it's back and struggling to get free, the Magpies started pecking at the soft belly of the Jay, feathers were starting to be removed... i just could not let it happen, i shouted and the Jay was able to free itself and fly off... the Magpies followed but the Jay was gone.
16 years nine months and 19 years of age lol. Love the videos, keep them up 😎
Fantastic!
I love these videos, We have most of these birds visit our garden, as we live close to the country side. We set up our bird corner in the garden 3 years ago, and the joy it has brought us watching these amazing animals, has been priceless! Keep the videos coming please! You’re doing a great job!
Thanks Jonathan. I'm glad you are enjoying these videos and getting to see the subjects in real life as well. Lots more videos to come. Cheers
I learnt a lot from this video, not least that they can imitate cats! Incredible. Thanks for your videos Liam, really informative 😊
Very similar to the jays in America. In Northern California we have the Scrub Jay and the Stellar Jay.
Nice in Italy we have the eurasian Jay
I do enjoy your videos.👍
Thanks!
Fabulous looking birds!
exellent video thanks for sharing
Great video, thank you.
My grandparents had a pet jay that could 'talk' as clearly as a human, even imitating my Nana humming to herself while she did the housework. It was a useful security device: the cottage was isolated and Nana was alone for much of the time. Anyone knocking at the door would hear the jay chattering away in the next room and assume that there were others in the house.
lemme guess still nun happened til tis day
Saw my first Jay, along with my first Green Woodpecker on Wimbledon Common, both beautiful birds❣️
I see Jays and Magpies outside my window...lovely birds.
Nice video i love eurasian jays
Nice work your channel! Greetings from the Netherlands, most species you speak about live allso over here.
Welcome. I'm glad these videos will be useful to you as well.
Loving your vids mate. Keep on keeping on.
More bird calls perhaps? There is one very distinctive call that I heard for a couple of weeks just over a month ago and I would love to know what it was. Sort of a whistle starting low and rising in pitch. Stop then repeat.
Yeah, I know. That's useless lol. Anyway keep on with the vids.
Ok, VERY VERY BEST ok thank 🤗👍🌟🌟👈
I was hiking at night in scotland and i heard one, sounded like a demon :)
Mooie video van deze mooie vogel.
Minpunt is, dat hij in onze tuinen samen met de ekster bijna alle eieren en jonge vogels op eet.
Best regards Bert.
Great video
I wish someone could record the Jay's beautiful mating song!
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Love Jays some amazing facts as ever on a Shot of Wildlife ! 👍😍
Another very good informative video, thank you
Thank you.
I once heard an awful, loud scraping sound in my neighbourhood and didn’t know what it was. I thought it might have been a dying magpie or something. Months later I found out it was a jay.
Jays are beautiful… I discovered one very recently that I think was fledgling that had sadly died. Such a pretty bird.
Another thing you may not know is, (ive seen) a group of males displaying to the females and while calling to them. The white feathers on their heads raise up like the ones on Waxwings. I saw them do this 6 years ago today. In a park. I was looking for Waxwings. But ended up with Jay's instead.
My favourite British bird, bloody elusive tho
They seem to be becoming more common so you might be lucky enough to see them more frequently soon
OK. Ow I'm going to grab my binoculars are go looking for Jay's, I'm not sure I've seen a wild one but I'm pretty sure they have Jay's at Bird World.
You said 16 years and 19 years in the same sentence - live the videos though well done
They are so beautiful. I see one of them , here in Israel, in a wood, and in town and one and, here and there, and two of them, here close to my block of flats. They always hide between leavs and on top of trees. I am always glad to see them.
Ive watched every video on your channel and i have learnt so much so thank you, if you could would u do a video on the swallow please i seen one today but they are very fast i managed to get a photo not a very good one i would love to learn more about them, many thanks love your channel keep up the great work
Got a video off one been in my garden for two day
The pair that visit our garden quickly worked out how to steal mealworms from the covered Robin Feeder, now the other large birds give it a go, not always very successfully, though the Starlings cottoned on quickly that they could cling to the bowl and get their necks under the dome.
That's brilliant. They are super smart!
Does that life expectancy take into account all the chicks and juveniles that die before reaching maturity?
Bit of a love/hate relationship with them at the moment as for the past five years they've stripped our apple trees completely. Don't mind sharing but they are well greedy. The last two days the local gang are squawking above our heads.
We have plenty of jays in sutherland
It would be awesome to see a goldfinch version
How is it possible some individual birds get so extremely old, compared to average? I read something similar about kingfishers. Is this common with birds? Do most birds die of other causes than a natural old age?
Yes, unfortunately the cause of most bird deaths are not old age- Predation, starvation, accidents etc. Its the same with every species I have done a fact file about, the average age is far less than the potential lifespan and its not just true for birds, fish and mammals have the same pattern.
Mad that seen one of them on Saturday on me garden gate I was thinking I was a mad look magpie hahaha mate it’s amazing how much wild life we have in uk mate
Jays are beautiful birds close up; I love watching the couple that we have up at my local wood. Not only are they extremely intelligent, but they can also be extremely noisy, adding to the cacophony of calls from other birds such as magpies; crows; woodpeckers (greater spotted, I think) and the various tits. I am totally at peace and at one with Nature when I'm up there.
Will Jays ever eat carrion?
Yes, they'll definitely beat carrion. I wish I had included that in the list fir their diet.
@@AShotOfWildlife I kind of thought so as they are Corvids. Can you do a piece on the Red Kite, and the Little Egret please? We have them here in Buckinghamshire
@@davidlloyd3116 sure, both are on my list for future videos. I just need to get some more footage together and get to work. Cheers
@@AShotOfWildlife Oh that would be wonderful. I have lots of photos of slow worms if you want an article on that. There's loads in my back garden!
Hi David, Thanks for your kind offer of slow worm images. Do you mean videos or photographs?
I have just uploaded a red kite video: th-cam.com/video/hFWHDPG6KgY/w-d-xo.html Enjoy!
I've had them on my balcony and in the garden in Barnes London fed them peanuts with the skins on. Not sure about the shelled nuts but I'm sure they can manage them too!
This was in 2021 but not so much this year but they're still around not far, they look amazing when taking off because they expose lovely colours of their wings! Noisy but nice visitors. 😊👍🏿
If they sexually mature at 2, and die around 2-3, they only have one brood in their life time?
On average yes. But as they have 4 to 6 young, if 2 of them survive to breeding age, the population will stay steady.
I can't believe that I have never seen one. So annoying!
They are quite shy, and fly off quickly when you get anywhere near them. Try the woods on the edge of town rather than a garden to look out for them.
"What you need to know about EURASIAN Jays", since Garrulus glandarius is only one of over 4 dozen species of often distantly related corvids referred to as "Jays".
At the very least, present day Jays represent 2 separate lineages of New and Old World corvids, within which are both among the least and the most socially evolved corvid species, even within genera. Eurasian Jays are among the most asocial and socially primitive of corvids. Their historical reliance on acorns as a cached winter food reflects the vast expanses of primary oak climax forests that once existed in what are now the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and many other European countries. At the other extreme, some New World Jays are among the most socially evolved of corvids, surpassed only by most populations of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhychos) and their Northwestern Crow (C. caurinus) descendants.
Oh, last and least, jays (sensu lato) are among my top favorite birds.
Thanks for that. I was tempted to have the full name but a lot of people here, in the UK, know them as Jay's and would perhaps not be interested in a video if they didn't recognise the name. I am surprised that you are the only person to mention that so far to be honest. Cheers
They're bonnie looking birds but their call doesn't match their physical beauty, I suppose you can't have everything in life.
Had a Jay visit my garden about 6 months ago for a few visits but then vanished. Wasn't sure I'd see one again, then suddenly a few days ago we had not one but two squabbling with a woodpecker over our fat block feeder! I threw out a few mealworms and peanuts and the pair have been visiting every morning since then :) It's cool having a bird visit my garden that I've never seen anywhere else!
Hi mate great vid as always, think there is a slight mistake at the end when you say years instead of days
Cheers mate. Well spotted. Because I wrote the scripts sometimes I stumble and that must've been the case this time and I didn't notice.
What a Treat on Sunday morning with my coffee! As ever lovely video. Thank you very much 😊
Here in the U.S. we have blue jays and they are awesome. Our jays can mimic a red tailed hawk to scare rodents away.
Saw one the other day, flew right past me.
Good video my friend
Have a happy weekend
We have blue jays in the US
I could be wrong, but while they would be seen across the UK, within Northern Ireland where I live, there doesn't seem to be that many, and I can say the same for Common Ravens. I saw one Raven last week in Peatlands, and that's just the first time I've saw one in person. But how come there aren't that many about Liam?
love you Liam
Surely they have to live to 3 at least if they don't start breeding until 2, otherwise they would only ever have 1 brood?
It's an average, so say 25% die at 1, then 25% could also die at 3 although it is of course more varied than that. I expect a lot of them die young so those that survive go for 4, 5 or 6 years.
We have just had a visit from an Eurasian Jay in our garden. We were surprised as we have never seen one appear before in our garden. Are they common in West Norfolk? Such a beautiful bird.
Hi Fiona. Great job on spotting one in your garden today. Their numbers seem to be increasing across Norfolk, I see them daily in norwich. They are quite habitual so if you keep a close eye on your garden at around the same time tomorrow you might see it again. Cheers.
@@AShotOfWildlife That’s brilliant news, thank you for getting back to me. I really appreciate that. I shall be looking out for the Jay tomorrow. He seemed to be quite partial to the fat balls.
@@fionakissock1871 oh, if you have food out then it's even more likely to come back. Fingers crossed 🤞
@@AShotOfWildlife We put food out for the birds all year round. We think it’s important to keep them fed. But we especially put out more in the winter. In the summer the birds eat all the cherries. I do hope the Jay comes back tomorrow thank you I shall keep my fingers crossed 🤞
In my experience all Jays cache acorns, they seem to concentrate solely on this food source in the autumn.
Thank you🐥🤗
Great information 👍
Ummmm yeah it’s true you always hear Jay’s before you see them 😂😂😂😂 I couldn’t resist 😂😂😂
Hahaha, are you also good at mimicking cats?
@@AShotOfWildlife can you not hear me puuuuuurring 😂😂😂
I once went out to look for a cat which sounded stranded in a tree somewhere. Took me a while to realize the meowing was coming from a Jay.
Greetings from The Netherlands! Really like your bitesize videos Liam!
Saw a jay today gorgeous bird although I spooked it off unfortunately
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we found a nearly adult Jay in our garden what is the best to do for it as he cannot really fly well and we have plenty of wildlife in our garden like foxes please advise
We have lots of this birds in South Europe countries
I live in Italy i see those birds every time
Thanks!
Cheers
Nice
Thanks
You dont include BlueJays?
How's it possible for a bird to live for 16yrs 9 months and 19yrs of age this makes no sense whatsoever 🤔
16 years, 9 months and 19 days. I'll have to rematch it to make sure I didn't slip up and say years instead of days lol.
Hahaha, yep, I said the wrong word there. I meant to say days. I'm surprised no-one else has noticed or at least commented that yet.
@@AShotOfWildlife no problem honestly I had to rewind it to make sure I wasn't cracking up. 😅
I always learn something new from your great informative videos !
Cheers. I'm glad to hear it.
corvids can develop complex languages due to their ability to mimic various sounds
Superb. Thank you.
I heard one make a noise like a car alarm
Their call is horrible.
i have 4 since they were babies
Thank you.
Very beautiful birds.
you'd be a good pub buddy
Lovely video! Jays always seem to be around when I'm out in the woods, I love them!
I'm enjoying your videos. I would love to see one on Kingfishers ❤
I have some good news, I have done one on kingfishers which you can find by typing in the name of this video but adding kingfisher :)
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@@AShotOfWildlife kingfisher
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Thanks for the Jays facts Liam! have agreat week! // Bertil.
Thanks Bertil, have a good week!
Shaun Dyche bird
Even sounds like him
Thanks for this, love seeing Jays but they are jittery & don’t like being seen.
Thanks. In my area they definitely seem to be becoming less afraid and I'm seeing them more often now.
I just found your channel and this sort of content is what the internet should be all about! You are fantastic, and I've loved every video so far. Looking at a Jay (although this applies to virtually every bird and animal) it is beyond me how evolution can 'just so happened' to have made them so spectacularly beautiful.
Thank you so much and welcome to the channel! I hope you have found lots of videos that you enjoy here.
Handsome birds! They're one of two species I most commonly get asked about by "muggles". The other being the Pied Wagtail. Keep 'em coming Liam. All good stuff mate 👍🙂👍
Are you a SAB ?
No. Why do you ask?