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Please see photo. I believe it might be some type of partridge.
Farmland
Spotted on Aug 21, 2011
Submitted on Aug 21, 2011
16 Comments
Best way is to upload it to birdforum.net.
Those guys might be able to help :)
Kris change ID as Euro Partridge
Yes... you got it..... so my first choice of Turkey was not bad then....!!
I was not sure with Hunter birds like Falcons etc.
@AshishNimkar - please check map for location.
I can confirm it is not a bird of prey, closest match so far is a grey partridge but still not 100% on it.
Thankyou for all the input everyone.
Hi Nicole... my first guess of Turkey bird was not bad then...as you reached o Quail.
Checked my Collins guide.
From the pattern and colours I go with Quail. Would also fit the legth of tail (as far as one can tell)
Seems to me if it were a bird of prey or a carrion bird, this carcass wouldn't be there to be photographed, but would have been eaten.
Wings are too short to be a bird of prey. Looks like a field bird such as partridge, grouse, or even some sort of dove. I'm not familiar with UK birds.
Common buzzards are very common in the area but the feathers look a little too light.
Can be a Osprey which had Blackish shades...!!
Hmmm but feathers are more Black than Yellow or brown... find in Birds of prey.. Like Falcon, Vulture, Eagle etc.
Ah, I don't know, a small falcon or something.
Hard to tell from this shot.
@ Nicole..Which one...?
My first impression was a bird of prey
Important to tell where it find..!!
Feathers are like Turkey bird..!!
Hard to tell without tallons and such