Gould stated 'In autumn, winter and early spring it is spread over nearly all our flat shores...as well as similar situations in Scotland and Ireland. The rich arable lands of the interior are, as a rule, without its presence, there the Carrion Crow takes its place.'

An adult bird is depicted preying on a clutch of eggs from a grouse's nest.

DISTRIBUTION: This widely distributed crow has two races, the Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone and the Hooded Crow C.corone cornix and they usually interbreed in areas of contact i.e., southern Scotland, Denmark, southern Switzerland, northern Italy, northern Afganistan