There's a recent history of ravens nesting near us, but hadn't seen one for a couple of years. When I looked out of the window about 6.30 (early for me!) there were 3 on the lawn. The picture adversely affected by lack of recent window cleaning, but still quite nice.
Fantastic. The first jackdaw appeared this morning. Last year was the first year we had them, they give the magpies a taste of their own medicine when it comes to nest-worrying.
I was walking through a graveyard in Edinburgh recently and one was calling very throatily from the tree. We also are friends with one in a rescue centre in the Czech Republic who loves to be stroked and cries out for ages as you walk away 😔
A few years ago on a late spring walk in the Lakes I came across a family of Ravens; the 2 adults were cronking away but it became obvious that the other 2 were youngsters because their voices hadn't broken yet. Really quite funny but sort of cute.
Hi Rog, I came across a HUGE raven's nest (that's a huge nest, not raven) at the Gigondas Dentelles, in a route called La Fissure en S (6a+). Hilary lead it in one 60m pitch as she didn't want to stop at the nest. When I got to the nest I was amused to find that it contained, amongst lots of other stuff, a purple chiffon scarf and a pair of tights ! Kinky raven - or just a common thief ??
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