Jay

The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of bird occurring over a vast region from Western Europe and north-west Africa to the Indian Subcontinent and further to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia. Across its vast range, several very distinct racial forms have evolved to look very different from each other, especially when forms at the extremes of its range are compared.

Family
Crows (Corvidae)
Latin Name
Garrulus glandarius
Further reading
Jay (wikipedia)
Jay

Photos

Young Jay
Young Jay
Jay
Jay
(c) 2019 Mike Meysner
Jay
Jay
Jay
Jay on the bird table
(c) 2019 Mike Meysner

When the bird was spotted

Date Location Title Seen by Interestingness
Germany, Wissen On old oak Hühnerhabicht *
Germany, Kandern In the fields behind the house Hühnerhabicht **
UK, Teesside and the North York Moors BankFoot b.m.stokesley ***
UK, Teesside and the North York Moors Scugdale b.m.stokesley ***
France, Leymen In the garden mike421 *
Germany, Wissen a couple on my trailrun in Mühlenthal Hühnerhabicht *
UK, Teesside and the North York Moors Hawnby b.m.stokesley **
Germany, Kandern in the meadows behind the house Hühnerhabicht *
Germany, Marktrodach 2 jays at the edge of forest Hühnerhabicht *
Germany, Wissen In the garden and in the oaks opposite the house Hühnerhabicht
France, Leymen In the garden mike421 *
Germany, Kandern 4 jays at clay pit, one of them catching a lizard Hühnerhabicht *
Germany, Wissen in the oak opposite our window Hühnerhabicht *
Germany, Marktrodach 2 jays in an old oak tree Hühnerhabicht **
Portugal, Algarve Tavira b.m.stokesley
Germany, Wissen sitting on an oak opposite our house Hühnerhabicht
Germany, Kandern Jay in the fields behind the house Hühnerhabicht **
France, Leymen In the garden mike421 *
France, Leymen In the garden mike421 *
France, La petite Camargue La petite Camargue mike421
France, Leymen In the garden mike421 *
UK, Lake District Cumbria Way on Blawith Fell b.m.stokesley
France, Leymen In the garden mike421 *
Switzerland, Obersaxen In Rhine valley wphu *
Switzerland, not specified Near the "woodpecker" tree, on the German side mike421 *
France, Leymen Jay visiting the bird table and killing a sparrow! mike421 **