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Rook
Corvus frugilegus
52.0505, 1.14427
Field Notes
Description:
A corvid that looks fairly similar to a crow, but can be identified by the grey bill and the bare patch of skin at the base (which makes the bill look very big, and the head small). They are also "shaggier" than crows, and have a much more (I think) robotic sounding call. Social animals, they breed in colonies called rookeries (hence where you find one, you will find LOTS).
Habitat:
Often seen in open fields with surrounding trees, will come into parks and villages, and the outskirts of towns/cities, but tend not to be found in the more heavily urbanised areas.
Notes:
While these birds are widely distributed across the UK, they seem to have very localised populations. For example, where I live in Essex there are no rooks, but about 20 miles north in Suffolk, there are vast colonies and they are extremely common.
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