Oly Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Spoke to my Dad tonight about his jackdaws. He was saying that he has only had a problem with jackdaws since my brother reduced the magpie population with his larsen trap I was wondering if anyone else has had such an experience? Do magpies generally keep the jackdaws away? Or do you think that as a result of the magpie population decreasing so rapidly thay the jackdaws have simply filled the ecological niche - as they are such fast adaptors ? In which case will the jackdaw population decrease as the magpie population increases again...or are the jackdaws here to stay now?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 I have never noticed any relationship between magpies and jackdaws, good or bad. The rise of one population, shouldn't have any relationship to the fall of the other, they are not competitors for the same space, or food. I suppose that if magpies steal jackdaws eggs and young, any decline in magpies might increase the population of jackdaws, but that is stretching the imagination a bit. Jackdaws are certainly not scared of magpies, in my observations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Spoke to my Dad tonight about his jackdaws. He was saying that he has only had a problem with jackdaws since my brother reduced the magpie population with his larsen trap I was wondering if anyone else has had such an experience? Do magpies generally keep the jackdaws away? Or do you think that as a result of the magpie population decreasing so rapidly thay the jackdaws have simply filled the ecological niche - as they are such fast adaptors ? In which case will the jackdaw population decrease as the magpie population increases again...or are the jackdaws here to stay now?? Hi Oly, We have both Magpies and Jackdaws living happily side by side, have noticed that if there is any bread out on the lawn and Jackdaws are taking it a Magpie will launch itself at the Jackdaw to steal the bread,but have never seen this aggression from the Jackdaws toward a Magpie. There seems to be far more Jackdaws around lately and the neighbouring house has them in the chimney this year. I can remember not many years ago that they were fairly rare around here, Global warming perhaps and they have moved up from the west country, also have a pair of Buzzards nesting locally(Kent) D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oly Posted April 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Hi Oly, We have both Magpies and Jackdaws living happily side by side, have noticed that if there is any bread out on the lawn and Jackdaws are taking it a Magpie will launch itself at the Jackdaw to steal the bread,but have never seen this aggression from the Jackdaws toward a Magpie.There seems to be far more Jackdaws around lately and the neighbouring house has them in the chimney this year. I can remember not many years ago that they were fairly rare around here, Global warming perhaps and they have moved up from the west country, also have a pair of Buzzards nesting locally(Kent) D2D Interesting stuff, any others anyone?? We too have buzzards locally around here, and we had loads in Cumbria. That said I think that there was a release scheme a few years back to bring them back into the UK countryside as they do seem to be everywhere now, and thankfully in what appears to be good sustainable numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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