Hooded /grey Crows

[DIDO.1 22,864]

Why don't we get them in most of England?

[byron 1,279]

think there just a mutant of carrion crow mate..

[DIDO.1 22,864]

Yeah but Scotland (Ireland?) get loads, why don't they appear everywhere else? Corvids don't struggle to breed and spread

[pesky1972 5,688]

Duh... they're Scottish & Irish.., they don't like England?

[neil cooney 10,416]

But in Ireland we don't have many Carrion Crows, just one of them things I guess.

[DIDO.1 22,864]

But there has to be a reason. If I released a pair in Lancashire would they breed or cross with carrion or get mobbed?

[pesky1972 5,688]

Apparently they are a species in their own right (Corvus cornix) which only sometimes inter-breed with Carrion crows. http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/h/hoodedcrow/

I suppose it's like a lot of birds that only live in Scotland or Northern parts of the British isles, they must prefer the climate and/or the terrain. Or maybe it just less suits some of the species they compete with enabling the hoodies to thrive.

Nice looking bird though, saw a couple yesterday near Stonehaven on the East coast.

[EDDIE B 3,170]

But there has to be a reason. If I released a pair in Lancashire would they breed or cross with carrion or get mobbed?

There is/was a Gray crow, living at South Stacks, Anglesey for years. Never known to have bred with the local Carrions.

[jiggy 3,209]

The grey hood is just a waterproof jacket we get that much rain in ireland. On a warm day they take them off which is very rare.

[Chid 6,835]

The grey hood is just a waterproof jacket we get that much rain in ireland. On a warm day they take them off which is very rare.

[bird 10,014]

 

The grey hood is just a waterproof jacket we get that much rain in ireland. On a warm day they take them off which is very rare.

 

[peterhunter86 8,627]

Theres plenty if them here in dublin.

[neil cooney 10,416]

Why don't we get them in most of England?

Do you want some ? .

[MIK 4,763]

Apparently they are a species in their own right (Corvus cornix) which only sometimes inter-breed with Carrion crows. http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/h/hoodedcrow/

I suppose it's like a lot of birds that only live in Scotland or Northern parts of the British isles, they must prefer the climate and/or the terrain. Or maybe it just less suits some of the species they compete with enabling the hoodies to thrive.

Nice looking bird though, saw a couple yesterday near Stonehaven on the East coast.

That is a rarity I have stayed in that area all my life and only seen 1 full hoodie and that was a call bird in my Larsen from a mate over in Blair athol ...so to see a couple you are doing well

[pesky1972 5,688]

 

Apparently they are a species in their own right (Corvus cornix) which only sometimes inter-breed with Carrion crows. http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/h/hoodedcrow/

I suppose it's like a lot of birds that only live in Scotland or Northern parts of the British isles, they must prefer the climate and/or the terrain. Or maybe it just less suits some of the species they compete with enabling the hoodies to thrive.

Nice looking bird though, saw a couple yesterday near Stonehaven on the East coast.

That is a rarity I have stayed in that area all my life and only seen 1 full hoodie and that was a call bird in my Larsen from a mate over in Blair athol ...so to see a couple you are doing well

Up the hill from Stoney on the B979 near Netherley. I must confess that I never seen both together, so it might have been the same bird twice.