蜜芽传媒

A bird commonly mistaken by many people is the jay. It's almost as if it's too colourful to be a British bird. But if you see pink, stripes, flashes of blue and white, a grating squawk and a droopy moustache, it's most definitely a jay, not - as some mistakenly believe - a hoopoe. Jays are members of the crow family and as such they are partial to carrion, but these colourful birds do fulfil an important role: by collecting acorns and burying them, oak forests can continue to grow.