Crows & Jays in Belfast
Our list for Belfast has 7 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belfast in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coronePassage migrantUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Carrion Crow 45–47 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made