Jay

Interesting to see ...

Thats a coincidence Paul this is the first year ever we have had them in our garden ,we have a pair visiting each day feeding on the ground below the bird feeding station unfortunately I haven't been able to get a decent photo their eye- sight must be incredible you only have to make the slightest movement and they are off..

Nice one Paulspatch. They are attractive birds, part of the crow family. At this time of year they will be looking for acorns and burying them, for future consumption.

Well done Paul. Jays are very shy birds, so you were lucky to get the picture. We have a couple around here, but they don't stay long enough for me to get a pic. I think they are beautiful birds, but isn't it strange how we tend to like these birds, but not their cousins, the Magpie? yet it too is a beautiful bird in its own right.

Yes, Waddy, but Magpies are so aggressive, aren't they.That's why , I suppose.
Thanks everyone.....I was quite a long way away inside with the window open (and camera zoomed in)so he didn't notice me. There have obviously been Crows nesting in the Oak at some stage , looking at the large flat nest in it!

Super photo, well captured!!

Thank you.

Actually, Jays can be very aggressive too Paul.

I suppose so if they are related to Magpies. but, we don't see their aggression so much I suppose as they don't visit gardens as much as Magpies.

very true.

Lovely soft colour Paul.

They're quite a sight when they fly over Linda....very colourful!

How lovely to have the Jays visiting. WHen we lived just down the road from here we had a regular pair of Jays feeding in the garden.

they are often perching in the Oak tree behind our garden Linda but, yesterday morning when I went into the kitchen, one of them was actually in my garden, right near the house and was tugging away trying to get a worm or something out of the grass but my movement scared him away, unfortunately.

How lovely Paul. Perhaps they will get used to you if they make your garden a feeding stop.

I saw no birds here at all in our garden for the first few days We were here but since I've been putting foods out on the feeding station etc, we have lots coming in ..mainly Blue Tits 2 Robins, Blackbirds Starlings Collared Doves and Wood Pigeons.

A few shrubs or some growth near the fences helps as the birds like somewhere to land and hide in safety.

I will be planting some Pyracanthus or similar at the back for the birds and also security as the small section of wall backs on to a green space.

Pyracanthus is a good plant flower wise and berry wise. The birds love them, the only thing that is awful is the prickles.

Yes, that's the idea....to stop anyone wanting to climb over on to our property! not that there is a problem here with that but,our back garden would be easily accessible from the green behind us!

Good idea Paul, nature's own detterent.

I've only ever seen one in my life time.id love to see more.loved your pic Paul.

Thanks Suey.t my old house, I never saw them near the garden ...only ever saw them,occasionally, flyin out of the trees bushes by th energy farm fields.But this Oak tRee is just behind my new garden and there's regularly a pair of Jays in it.
Last week, I saw one in my garden , Diggin for worms or something, when I came down in the morning but he then flew off......my move,ent probably scared him off.

They'll be back.:0)