Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Young Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) stalking a Carrion crow (Corvus corone) in urban park, Bristol, UK, January

Angelo Gandolfi / Carrion Crows (Corvus corone) mobbing a Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) Scala di St. Regina gorges. Corte, Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica island, France, January

Laurent Geslin / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) tearing at rubbish bag in urban park, Paris, France

Laurent Geslin / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) head portrait, partially obscured by long grass, France, March.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Elander / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatos) with wings stretched out and Carrion crow (Corvus corone corone) in flight, Cebollar, Torla, Aragon, Spain, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Elander / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) chasing away Carrion crow (Corvus corone corone) Cebollar, Torla, Aragon, Spain, November 2008

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) young foraging on grassy lawn, St James's Park, London, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) young with a Honey bee (Apis mellifera) held in its beak on grassy lawn, St James's Park, London, UK, September.

Loic Poidevin / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) on ground amongst flowers, West France, July

Loic Poidevin / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) on ground amongst flowers, West France, July

Alan Williams / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) in flight with Cockle shell, Liverpool Bay, UK, November

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) perched in a dead tree, Bushy Park, London, England, UK, October

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) digging out a peanut it watched a squirrel burying in lawn, with courting couple in the background, St. James's Park, London, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) approaching Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) eating peanut given to it by a tourist, St. James's Park, London, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) walking with a shelled peanut thrown by a tourist, St. James's Park, London, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) portrait, St James Park, London, UK, January

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) walking on frozen lake surface, Wiltshire, UK, February

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) digging up a peanut it saw a squirrel bury in lawn; with courting couple in the background, St. James's Park, London, UK, January.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) foraging on lawn with woman standing in shadow and a man running in the background, St. James's Park, London, UK, January. Did you know? These clever birds have been known...

Eric Baccega / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) mobbing a Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) perched on branch, Canada, Quebec, February

Markus Varesvuo / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) Spain November

Loic Poidevin / Portrait of a Carrion Crow (Corvus corone). Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, June.

Andrew Parkinson / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) Derbyshire, UK, November.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) mobbing a sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) Lakenheath Fen RSPB Reserve, Suffolk, UK, May

Alan Williams / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) foraging on wet sands. Liverpool Bay, UK, November.

Alan Williams / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) landing on shore to forage. Liverpool Bay, UK, November.

Alan Williams / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) on moorland, North Wales, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) in meadow feeding, Norfolk, UK

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) on ice with Carrion crow (Corvus corone), River Tame, Reddish Vale Country Park, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK, December 2010

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) on ice with Carrion crow (Corvus corone), River Tame, Reddish Vale Country Park, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK, December 2010

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) on ice with Carrion crow (Corvus corone), River Tame, Reddish Vale Country Park, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK, December 2010

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) feeding on scraps on ice, River Tame, Reddish Vale Country Park, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK, December 2010

Nature Production / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) on head of Hondo Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) feeding on parasites, Mt. Kinkazan, Miyagi, Japan

Edwin Giesbers / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) standing in snow. The Netherlands, January.

Edwin Giesbers / A Carrion Crow (Corvus corone), foreground, and a Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix), background, standing on snow. The Netherlands, January.

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) walking on ice near margin of flooded, frozen marshland. Greylake RSPB reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, January

Colin Varndell / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) perched on fence, Dorset, UK, January

Laurent Geslin / Carrion crows (Corvus corone) flying over tree tops at dusk, France, March.

Laurent Geslin / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) head portrait, in urban park, Paris, France, November.

Laurent Geslin / Carrion crows (Corvus corone) in urban park, with parked vehicles behind, Paris. France, November.

Laurent Geslin / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) calling, in urban park, Paris. France, November.

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) mobbing female Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in an aerial chase, Marburg city, Hesse, Germany, October

Robin Chittenden / Silhouette of Carrion crow (Corvus corone) in flight over water behind the branches of a tree, Norfolk, UK.

Alan Williams / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) scavenging food from a dead crab on sea wall, Liverpool Bay, UK, February

Alan Williams / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) flying along beach with food scavenged from dead crab, Liverpool Bay, UK, February

Alan Williams / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) on small twig, Essex, UK, November

Alan Williams / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) on stony beach, Whitstable Bay, Kent, UK, January

Alan Williams / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) on small twig, Essex, UK, November

Alan Williams / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) in flight, Cornwall, UK, May

Guy Edwardes / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) in flight, Lodmoor RSPB reserve, Weymouth, Dorset, England, January

Dave Bevan / Carrion crow (corvus corone) swallowing worm on lawn, Wales, UK, February

Dave Bevan / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) calling from top of pine tree, Wales, UK, February

Dave Bevan / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) female with chicks at nest in oak tree, Wales, UK, May

Dave Bevan / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) adult brooding chicks on nest in oak tree, Wales, UK, May

Dave Bevan / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) pair at nest feeding chicks in oak tree, Wales, UK, May

Dietmar Nill / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) adult perched on branch in shallow water. Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Paul Hobson / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} pulling the tail of a Common buzzard {Buteo buteo} as it feeds. Wales, UK

Nature Production / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} flying and dropping Whelk {Neptunea polycostata} on to road to break shell as it hits the ground, Japan, May, sequence 2/3

Nature Production / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} feeding on Whelk {Neptunea polycostata} that it has dropped from a height to break the shell on the road, Japan, May, sequence 3/3

Nature Production / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} flying and dropping Whelk {Neptunea polycostata} on to road to break shell as it hits the ground, Japan, May, sequence 1/3

David Kjaer / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) perching on post, Wales

David Kjaer / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) Wiltshire, UK

Konrad Wothe / Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) teasing a Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Germany

Miles Barton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) sits above road, waiting for traffic lights to change to red to retrieve nuts purposely left on road to be crushed, Sendai, Japan

Miles Barton / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} feeding on crushed walnut placed on road purposefully so that vehicle will crush it, Sendai, Japan

Jason Smalley / Crow trap used on nature reserve to control the number of predatory crows and magpie preying on wader chicks, Lancashire, UK.

DAVID TIPLING / Silhouette of Carrion Crows {Corvus corone} perching on a dead tree at dawn, Kent, UK

Philippe Clement / Carrion crows {Corvus corone} feeding on dead rabbit, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} feeding on dead rabbit, Belgium

Jose B. Ruiz / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} on rock calling, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} on rock with wings spread, Spain.

Philippe Clement / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} feeding on dead rabbit, Belgium

Duncan Usher / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) pair, Europe

Flip de Nooyer / Domestic Cat (Felis catus) and Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) in tree, Europe

Mike Wilkes / Carrion crow perched {Corvus corone} UK

Mike Wilkes / Carrion crow perched {Corvus corone} UK

Mike Wilkes / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) Exmoor, UK. Devon

Jasper Doest / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) in the dunes, Netherlands

Robin Chittenden / Larson trap with Carrion crow (Corvus corone) and eggs as bait, Northumberland, England, May

Mike Read / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} perched, Radipole Lake RSPB reserve, Dorset, UK

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched on bench, begging for food, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched on bench, being fed by hand, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, fledgling (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Woman with Carrion Crow, orphaned fledgling (Corvus corone corone), Germany

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, (Corvus corone corone) orphaned fledgling begging for food, Germany

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, fledgling begging for food (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, (Corvus corone corone) orphaned fledgling begging for food, Germany

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched, yawning, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, fledgling begging for food (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched, captive

Petra Wegner / Yorkshire Terrier and orphan fledgling Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, fledgling (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, fledgling perched, (Corvus corone corone)