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Unknown bird

BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
in Wildlife gardening

Can anyone identify this large bird which was walking around my garden making a 'guk guk' sound when I git home from work?  It was bigger than a woodpigeon and was a bit ungainly in flight when it flew over the hedge after spotting me sneaking up with the camera! image

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A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146

    Yes, absolutely agree with Scroggin ... a Grey partridge imageimageimage


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Wow, didn't know they were around here (3m south of Leicester, 50 yards away from the A6)  First one I've seen in the nearly 4 decades I've lived here!  Thanks folks!

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    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Simon Wright3Simon Wright3 Posts: 34
    Looks like a Partridge or young Pheasant!!!.
  • Simon Wright3Simon Wright3 Posts: 34
    Oh wow!!!. Which part of Leicestershire, did you find it?.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    @Simon Wright3 this post is 3 years old now. Look at the date on the top right corner.
    Devon.
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