Anyone able to identify these two birds?

[chainsaw_masochist]

Sorry for the quality of this pic - it was taken on a Samsung phone albeit with the telephoto option.
Presumably you can enlarge pic at expense of resolution.

This pair were spotted in the garden yesterday evening. I noticed the smaller one (on the left) first, as it was on its own checking out the grass. I thought, at first, that it was just a large blackbird but it has a different shaped beak. Then the second bird (right) flew down from somewhere to join it. I imagine they are a pair.

Any suggestions kindly appreciated. Adverse comments about the bench, not.

 

[Mottie]

Jackdaws. A parent and its young.

Here's one my dog brought to me. Should have heard the others screaming. I placed it up a tree.

 

[Notch7]

Baby jackdaws

 

[HERTS P&D]

Mottie, you can tell that is an Essex bird, blue eyes.



Andy

 

[Notch7]

Jackdaws. A parent and its young.

Here's one my dog brought to me. Should have heard the others screaming. I placed it up a tree.

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Massive lips: proper Essex girl

 

[Mottie]

We got a screamer!

 

[chainsaw_masochist]

Thanks, Mottie. Excellent and incisive.

 

[Odds]

A young Daw got stuck behind my old shed 12 years ago, trapped by the fence and the water butt at the far end, so i squeezed into the gap and managed to get hold of it after a kerfuffle of feathers and mild cursing; all the while mama and papa Daw were circling anxiously overhead, then their neighbours came to see what the fuss was about, then another and another, til about two dozen Daws were circling the garden, calling out to each other and probably warning me to be careful.
It was none the worse for wear when i let it go on the lawn and the crowd soon dispersed when all was once again well in their world but i found out that day just how close-knit their community is. Sometimes they'll roost on our chimney pot and enjoy the summer breezes at this time of year, keeping an eye out for Hawk or the magpies, who'll steal the eggs given half a chance.
Some of the people i work with would call your bench 'shabby chic': i like it.