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The Tea Rooms Can anyone identify these feathers picked up in our field early today. About the size of my hand

Can anyone identify these feathers picked up in our field early today. About the size of my hand

Janice riches 31/01/2024 09:59

stealthybutnotthatstealthy 31/01/2024 10:11

Feathers in fields, esp this time of year tend to be pheasants around here......that'd be my guess.
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david 31/01/2024 12:09

Look a bit like Kestrel to me, but not sure.
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Janice riches 31/01/2024 12:10 in reply to stealthybutnotthatstealthy

Don’t think so. We have loads of pheasants and dare I say I have plucked a brace or two. This wing of feathers is quite different to both cock and hen pheasant plumage. Friend suggested a type of owl
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Janice riches 31/01/2024 12:11 in reply to david

Thankyou I’ll have a good look at references for that. We do sometimes see Kestrels around here
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david 31/01/2024 12:12
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stealthybutnotthatstealthy 31/01/2024 14:24

Happy to go with kestrel as I am really not good with feathers, and as I say, most tend to be pheasants around here. Whatever it was, it was dead sadly. Hopefully not mistaken for a pheasant when it was alive.
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