Loads of rooks out and about today! Haven't seen any hooded crows for a while, though. I hope the rooks aren't displacing them.
I taught my partner how to identify a rook (as opposed to a carrion crow) and now they always call out the "little fluffy rook trousers".
Identifying a raven is dead easy. If you're looking at it and going "ooh, is that a crow or a raven", it's a crow. If instead you're going "christ that bird's fucking enormous" it's a raven.

this thread has been your annual reminder that I am a corvid person

(my favourite is still the Eurasian magpie, they're so clever and so hilariously disrespectful, plus magpie folklore is AWESOME)

@astronomerritt I sent you a post about baby ravens on instagram the other day :)
@DrChris omg I have Insta notifications off! hang on
@astronomerritt You're not missing out on much, it's just a terrible place for mindless scrolling!