You beat me to it Malcolm.

They are definately not Ravens!

Jackdaws, like Ravens 'etc', are 'crows' (ie. members of the Corvidae
family ). They, (Jackdaws) are the only British corvid to nest in holes.

Keith


"Malcolm" wrote in message
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In article , Pongo Potts
writes
Our medium sized 3 bed detached house is 19 years old and in fairly good
condition for its year.

The exterior rendering has been painted about every 5 years or so. The
windows were replaced with aluminium 8 years ago so no work required
there.

Starting the middle of last year a hole appeared in one of the box ends to
a
front barge board just behind the gutter. This finally culminated in the
occupation of a pair of Starlings which successfully produced a brood of
young.

Now just this last month the Starlings were evicted by a pair of Ravens or
they could be Crows..........black with big beaks and cawing a
lot..............they looked very out of place trying to occupy a 200mm
square box.

Most likely to be Jackdaws. Black, except for a grey nape, and, yes, they
are noisy birds! Jackdaws always nest in holes (including chimneys, so be
warned if you've excluded them from their nice hole!), none of the other
members of the crow family do so.

Sorry about your vultures, but I believe that a lot of firms are now
claiming that H&S regulations mean they have to use scaffolding nowadays
instead of ladders (though it does seem to depend on how you interpret the
regs), and that can shove the price up quite a bit.

--
Malcolm