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The Birds Of South Gloucestershire          Nordic Jackdaw - corvus monedula monedula

 

Jackdaw is separated into three different forms, Jackdaw Corvus m. spermologus, Nordic Jackdaw C. m. monedula and Russian Jackdaw C. m. soemmeringii. Nordic Jackdaw is though to be the link between the Russian and Common Jackdaw. Nordic Jackdaw breeds in southeast Norway, south of Sweden and the northern and eastern parts of Denmark with the largest concentration in south and central Sweden.

 

There have been two Nordic Jackdaws reported from S. Gloucestershire;

 

2008: (2)

On January 25th a Jackdaw showing characteristics of the Nordic form; a distinct grey head and whitish collar was seen in horse paddocks along George Lane at Marshfield with Rooks and Jackdaw. One seen briefly with around 300 Jackdaw along Down Track, Down Road at Marshfield on February 10th and one seen feeding in ploughed fields off Northfield Lane at Marshfield on March 1st were presumed to be the same individual. This occurrence constitutes the first report of this form for S. Gloucestershire.

 

One was seen in the morning on November 26th from the public footpath between Keynsham and Swineford in a damp field beside the R. Avon north-west of the river opposite Avon Valley Country Park.

 

 

'Nordic' Jackdaw at Marshfield. March 2008. Martyn Hayes.

 

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