For the purposes of our bird news services, this species is classed as Common: common species, including species that are certain or probable escapees from captivity when occurring in the British Isles. (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance.)

Greece 30/04/13	Abertillery, Gwent 14/05/13	Great Ashby, Herts 14/05/13	Pulborough Brooks RSPB, W Sussex 07/05/13	Pulborough Brooks RSPB, W Sussex 07/05/13
Abertillery, Gwent 10/05/13	Pulborough Brooks RSPB, W Sussex 07/05/13	Pulborough Brooks RSPB, W Sussex 07/05/13	Norwich, Norfolk 05/05/13	Whitchurch, Hants 27/04/13
Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancs 29/04/13	Highgate Common, Staffs 05/05/13	undisclosed site, Essex 30/04/13	undisclosed site, Essex 30/04/13	Colchester, Essex 01/05/13
Redditch, Worcs 13/04/13	Knypersley Reservoir, Staffs 26/04/13	Cromwell Bottom NR, W Yorks 22/04/13	Ipswich, Suffolk 25/04/13	undisclosed site, Worcs 20/04/13
Cannock Chase, Staffs 29/03/13	Cannock, Staffs 27/03/13	Cannock, Staffs 27/03/13	undisclosed site, Norfolk 16/04/13	Exeter, Devon 16/04/13

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Jay breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country, and a map of population densities):

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine

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