Jay's

Question

I currently have have family of jays living in the large garden that I maintain. The garden is east of Inverness on the Moray firth. Does anyone know if this is unusual? Are they just visiting or have they been extending their territory northwards?

IanH · Answer

The jay can be found in Scotland where there is suitable woodland habitat. However there are large areas that are unsuitable for this shy woodland species. A really good way to check the distribution of birds is to use the animated map function on the Birdtrack website linked here . 
 Well worth reporting your northerly sighting of the jay as it will help with the monitoring of this species distribution.