Ravens, being early nesters have reached the stage where the broods are ready to fledge. I can't help thinking now that the growing Fife population is reaching the stage where it's hard to not notice them whilst we are out and about there will be call's for licences to control their numbers here. there is a huge controversial issue taking place just now at Strathbran in Perthshire where a licence has been issued to "control" 300 birds over five years, under the pretext of saving local waders. There has been a considerable number of young ravens fledged from Fife in the last few years but no one is reporting flocks of juveniles or non-breeders in the county and they don't recognise borders, given the numbers quoted from Perthshire is it feasible that they could include some of ours?.
More of the story at the Raptor persecution UK website.