Here in wildlife enquiries we often receive feathers in the mail from people wanting them identified. We thought it would be an interesting topic for a little quiz. So below you will find five pictures of feathers from four species of British bird, see if you can identify who they belong to. We'll give you the weekend to work it out and let you know the answers next week. Apologies in advance for the quality of the pictures!
Warden Intern at Otmoor.
2 out of 4 Big Robbo, not bad! But which ones???
Hi Ian
I think you and Big Robbo have now given me something else to go on.
I'm still going for tawny owl wing feather on 1, but I'm now also going for pheasant breast feather on 5
Best wishes Chris
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Spot on with those two, virtual gold star!
That leaves a wader and a woodland bird to go...although all these feathers were picked up in or near woodland...
Could the bottom one be from a wigeon ???
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I know....my spelling's crap !!
The 3rd picture is the tail feather of a Woodcock?
Still mulling over the other few :)
Craig
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I'll spill the beans tomorrow and if i get my act together i'll post a few more pics from our collection!
AARRGGGHHH The suspense!!! lol
You could write the post with a quill
P x
It's a feather and a ruler.
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Woodpecker said: Hi Ian I think you and Big Robbo have now given me something else to go on. I'm still going for tawny owl wing feather on 1, but I'm now also going for pheasant breast feather on 5
Ian says spot on with those but pheasant is wrong inj my eyes.
Here' a picture I sent in and I saw it drop from the bird Ray
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