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I use my daughter's old trampoline as a bird food distribution area. It seems to keep the rodents from getting to it. 

Just now, I think that I may have had a young Raven on the birdtable. I have never seen a Raven around here before (or I had failed to identify them). Is it possible? I did not have long enough to go and get my camera or phone to photograph it, but it had a longer head, than a Crow, or so it seemed. It was not as abrupt between the bill and the rest of the head.

I love Corvids, but I do sometimes have difficulty identifying them. The problem is photographing them, as they fly off at the merest movement inside the house, let alone outside.

In reply to veteye:

Does sound like it could have been a Raven, head and beak are more massive than with Crows. If you see it flying - the tail is kind of diamond shaped; with a Crow the back edge is straight.

In reply to veteye:

https://bna-naturalists.org/id-guide-to-british-crows-corvids/

Anyone seen a hooded crow?

In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:

Loads, west coast of Scotland is where I’ve seen most, where they replace the carrion crow. 

In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:

Yes, got a hoodie in the garden yesterday. Fleeting visit. Rooks & Jackdaws are more frequent visitors.

In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:

There´s nearly nothing but in Berlin; further West there are only Carrion Crows, but we´re near enough to the dividing line to sometimes get hybrids. Here´s one where the Carrion is dominant:

In reply to posters:

Amazing, In almost 50 years on the planet, never seen a single one. Midlands based, but well traveled.

In reply to McHeath:

We get hoodie/carrion hybrids in and around Edinburgh.  I often see them on the coast eg Portobello beach and similar locations in East Lothian.  The other day one turned up in my garden in south Edinburgh, which was a first for me.

In reply to veteye:

Yes they love a trampoline.  Crows are just not heavy enough to make it work.

In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:

you see them occasionally on Anglesey.

They replace Carrion Crow in Ireland.

In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:

Thank you all.

I spent many a week on Skye as a student, with friends from there, and we saw the hooded crows all the time.

I went up Ben More on Mull recently, and was glad to revisit the species, as it now properly recognised, and no longer a mere subspecies.