eggshell - possible to I.D ?

Lindsay-c · #1 (**permalink**) 14-11-2010, 05:33 PM

is anyone able to identify what bird this egg would have belonged to ?

Naturenutz · #2 (**permalink**) 14-11-2010, 05:52 PM

If the egg was found recently the only birds that may be breeding are pigeons,more likely feral pigeons,unless it is a domestic chicken or similar

.It is hard to tell the egg size from the photo.Pigeon eggs are white,again its hard to tell if this egg is white or fawn in colour.

FUDGEY · #3 (**permalink**) 14-11-2010, 05:53 PM

Its a Pheasant, once found one sitting on eggs on Xmas day

Naturenutz · #4 (**permalink**) 14-11-2010, 06:17 PM

I agree it looks like a pheasant fudgey,i discounted pheasant because they do not normally breed in winter as far as i am aware.May/june being the normal nesting period.I realise it may not be a recent photo though.

FUDGEY · #5 (**permalink**) 14-11-2010, 06:22 PM

Sometimes they do breed outside their normal season. Like I said I found a female sitting on eggs on Christmas day a few years ago

Dogghound · #6 (**permalink**) 14-11-2010, 06:43 PM

Hard to work out the size, but it seems quite large compared to the clover, could it be from a chicken?

Its been predated by a mammal too, you can see the two puncture marks from the canines on the shell.

Lindsay-c · #7 (**permalink**) 15-11-2010, 08:36 AM

sorry I should have said the approx. size... it was a fair bit smaller than a chicken egg.
And again I should have put when I took the picture... Was nearer summer time

so I think pheasant would make sense. The area where I took the pic is covered in Pheasants aswell.

Marvellous
Thanks

Lance Morgan · #8 (**permalink**) 15-11-2010, 08:40 AM

depending on the size this is either a Pheasant or Grey Partridge Egg.

RKB · #9 (**permalink**) 15-11-2010, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Dogghound

Hard to work out the size, but it seems quite large compared to the clover, could it be from a chicken?

Its been predated by a mammal too, you can see the two puncture marks from the canines on the shell.

I agree pheasant. But I think it has been predated by a crow. That raggedy yet quite small entry hole looks very familiar. And i don't think any mammal would have canines that big but that close together - looks more like hammering bill marks.

It may have been cached by a crow a few months ago, and eaten now. They do hide eggs away, as do foxes.