Urban Ravens (1 Viewer)

[Old Silhillian]

I live in Olton, close to the Solihull / Birmingham border. This year I have started to see Ravens overhead on a sporadic basis. Usually a single bird or a pair. This week alone I have seen a pair twice over my house and this afternoon at my local patch a short walk away, I saw four birds performing a fantastic aerobatic tumbling display.

Not so long ago, I had never seen a Raven and even then would have confused it with a Crow. Are these birds becoming more common and urbanised ?

 

[rollingthunder]

We have about 25 pairs (minimum) within 15 miles in a 180 degree Western arc of Stourbridge and that is just the ones that my mate (mainly) and i have logged including a pair that have bred for 5 years within 1.5 miles of the Town Centre. They are being recorded more urbanly but i doubt whether breeding takes place where anywhere is disturbed.

Expect more sightings now it is post-breeding dispersal time:t:

Laurie -

 

[tarsigercyanurus]

My local breeding city birds are in a single tree with lots of foot traffic directly underneath and breeding Peregrines 200 yds away.

 

[rollingthunder]

You are very lucky then - i have no doubt that offspring of birds that are less wary might also be in turn more tolerant of humans but that isn’t the norm...

Where in Sussex is this?

Laurie:t:

 

[rollingthunder]

Ravens tolerating nearby predators is most unusual - we have had adult Goshawks kill adult Ravens when setting up nests and at a different site had adult Ravens kill young Goshawks whilst both parents have been away hunting.

Laurie -