As I walked along the bottom of the acre yesterday I saw a magpie hopping around looking for worms. So this is my bird of the day. We get quite a few magpies on campus and non breeding birds will normally gather in flocks which is why there are always several together.
The magpie (Pica pica) is part of the crow family
(Corvidae).
It stands out amongst other members of the crow family with
its black and white feathers that have a purple/blue sheen to the wing and a
green gloss to the tail.
The magpie is a scavenger, predator and pest destroyer who
is an omnivore, which is to say they will eat other animals, plants, seeds and
nuts, fruit, insects, and eggs.
They can be found all year round across the UK from lowland farmland to
upland moors, but they are absent from the Scottish Highlands.
(Photo taken by myself on 11th February 2016)
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