Crows & Jays in Scotland
Our list for Scotland has 8 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 7 residents and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Scotland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly May–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Red-billed Chough 39–43 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Carrion Crow 45–47 cm
- Rook 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