Feather Identification

Hi Roy, can't help I'm afraid, but some sort of size indication would be useful for people that know their feathers :o)

Apologies. I'm a bit of an idiot, of course the size is needed. About 1.5" in length. Thank you.

Royh said:

I'm a bit of an idiot

Nah, you're not...not when  you've managed to post a photo on the forum lol

Hi Roy. Not an easy one, but do you have Mallards on the canal near you? It looks like it may be from the grey flank feathers of a Mallard Duck. Perhaps have a look HERE .

Thanks Paul, we do indeed have lots of Mallards on the canal and as our garden goes right up to the canal they venture into the garden. It looks like that is the most likely answer. Thank you very much.

I have Egyptian geese at my local nature reserve and occasionally I see ones just like that. If you go online and search up Egyptian goose feather some are striped just like that.