Oh dear...stood waiting for the girls at Kearsney Abbey a huge , noisy quarrel broke out in the large lime tree overhanging the churchyard and a jay emerged with a chick in its mouth with a pair of blackbirds in hot pursuit. It promptly dropped the poor little sod on the road, flew down and tried to grab it with a couple of stabs and then gave up. The male blackbird briefly examined the chick before flying off. I hadn't intervened but went over to examine the stricken baby expecting it to be dead....