What Bird?

[pastafreak]

I saw a pair in the local park today - a type I'd not seen before. This is in an urban/coastal area.
They were similar in size to a blackbird or magpie. Colour-wise a kind of buff with wings that had black and a very bright blue band on them...it was the blue that caught my eye. The head was slightly flat-ish on top.
I've looked on the RSPB site....but saw nothing similar.

[ossian]

A Jay possibly? Stew

[Prudie]

sounds definitely like jays pasta

[pastafreak]

Actually...that's what I thought also....mostly by the head shape. They were quite striking looking. I'll look for them again tomorrow.

[pastafreak]

Here we are.....mine had more blue in the wings

http://presdesgeais.co.uk/Jay.htm

[rowanwitch]

Jays are one of our more beautiful birds...they catch people out because they seem too exotic for the uk

[bensmum]

I'm lucky in that there are a lot of jays in my area - they really are lovely birds and, as rowan says, look a bit exotic for Britain

[pastafreak]

That's what I thought,rowan and bensmum. Apparently they are quite 'shy' birds-so I consider myself fortunate to have seen them in an urban park.