Bird ID

NorthCrow 29/07/2020 23:10

Hello,

Can anyone help identify this bird please. Was in my sister's garden, east coast of Scotland. She said it was like a pheasant, so I'm assuming a biggish bird.

Many thanks.

Linda257 30/07/2020 12:24

Hi, Sorry I am hopeless at IDs so am just replying to bump up your thread so others who may have missed it can help!
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Michael S 30/07/2020 12:53

I’d say a young sparrowhawk. Sure others will come up with a definitive answer.

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Linda257 30/07/2020 13:02

I was thinking more of a pheasant??? lol or some kind of game bird... young grey partridge
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Michael S 30/07/2020 13:46

Think you might be right. The feet may nail it.

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Linda257 30/07/2020 14:06

Robbo to the rescue...hallelujah
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NorthCrow 30/07/2020 19:27

Thank you very much everyone. I'll pass that on to my sister.
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seymouraves 30/07/2020 23:02

Hi

I was thinking maybe a female Silver Pheasant or a hybrid with it ?

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NorthCrow 31/07/2020 12:16 in reply to seymouraves

I think you've nailed it. I googled silver pheasants and there's a hen (on a page called Zoochat) which looks very similar, right down to the dappling on the wing edge (that I didn't notice before).

Now to work out where the heck it came from!

Thank you for your help.
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