Black Rook

Another common bird, but I really like the way this rook is standing up tall with his chest puffed out looking me straight in the eye, he looks almost regal to me.

Rook - Corvus frugilegus
Length 46cm

Some interesting Rook facts from Wikipedia:

Like many other members of the Corvidae family, the Rook features prominently in folklore. Traditionally, Rooks are said to be able to forecast weather and to sense the approach of death. If a rookery — the colonial nesting area of rooks — were to be abandoned, it is said bring bad fortune for the family that owned the land. Another folk-tale holds that rooks are responsible for escorting the souls of the virtuous dead to heaven.

The literary term coined to describe a group of rooks is "a building of Rooks".