Jay

"I used to see jays come into my garden about 7 or 8 times a year, as they're quite a shy bird. But recently, they've become some of my most regular visitors, coming to my feeders around 30-40 times every day. I recently made an alteration to one of my camera feeders, replacing the built-in feeding tray and perch with a slightly larger basket feeder. I also started to use Bartholomew's Summer Feast seed mix, and suddenly my camera feeder is recording bird visits all day long, from dusk to dawn. It really is a pleasure to watch them."

The jay is unlike any other garden bird – both in size and plumage – and it is rather beautiful. Predominantly a grey-brown red, jays have black-spotted crowns and strong beaks that are unusual for a member of the crow family. On either side of a jay’s beak is a thick, black band that stretches to the throat, and its dark wings are highlighted with white, and partially striped blue and black. They are remarkably distinctive. In flight, you may also notice the jay’s snow-white lower back, that contrasts with its black tail-feathers. Young jays look very similar to their parents. Their plumage has the same reddish-brown colour, their tails are dark, and with distinctive, electric blue stripes on the wings, you will be hard-pressed to mistake a baby jay for any other species.

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