Morning off today. Looked out the bedroom window to see a crow on the ash tree overhanging my garden. It was eating something, though I couldn't see what.
There is a saying:
If you see one rook, it's a crow
If you see lots of crows, they're rooks
It is true that one rook will be a crow, but lots of crows can be crows. Certainly on the playing fields etc down Marsh Lane and on various bits of open grass along side the Lee Navigation there are often large groups of crows.
I mean to check out this year whether this is seasonal - groups in winter, pairs in spring.
I read once that before street sanitation was introduced there would be crows scavenging the rubbish!
I think seagulls have taken the place of crows as scavengers, especially at landfill sites.
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