Found an egg

[pressld2]

It was lying on the path at the side of the house this morning, cold and cracked. There are no nests in the tree that overhangs the path so I can't imagin how it got there unless a magpie or crow dropped it. If so, it can't have been from very high as it's a concrete path and the egg is only slighly cracked.

Anyway, it's plain white and four centimetres (an inch and a half) long. I'm thinking wood pigeon unless anyone has any better ideas. My bird books don't give details about eggs, other than average clutch sizes.

Dave P.

[Littlesparrow]

It is quite common to see one or two of these type of eggs broken in the grass around here, I assumed they were either from wood pigeons or collared doves,but I'm not sure whether some other bird drops them or if the pigeons lay them mid air by mistake?

[pressld2]

Originally Posted by Littlesparrow

I'm not sure whether some other bird drops them or if the pigeons lay them mid air by mistake?

Yeah, wood pigeons are certainly daft enough! And you're right, collared dove would be another possibility as there is a healthy population around here.

Dave P.