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28 Aug 18
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All white plumage. Longish, straight legs (about 3"). Body shape and size similar to a small chicken. Head and beak shape similar to a grouse or pheasant.
Had a look on the RSPB website. The closest match seems to be some kind of egret but I'm not at all certain.
Had a look on the RSPB website. The closest match seems to be some kind of egret but I'm not at all certain.
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does sound like an egret ( snowy ) , whereabouts was it spotted ? got some up northumberland coast ,s considered rare here few years ago as didn't come this far north.
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Not a snowy egret. It had a much shorter beak. Body shape was similar but the neck was much thinner.
Spotted Berks/Bucks border on a green space with trees in a built-up, residential area but only a mile from open farmland. |
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could it be a leucistic ( abnormal plumage , invariably makes them white ) form of a more common bird ?
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Yes, that did occur to me.
My first thought when I saw it was that it was some sort of chicken that had escaped from someone's garden. |
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"All white plumage.
Longish, straight legs (about 3'). Body shape similar to a force fed chicken. Head shape similar to a grouse or pheasant. Brain size similar to a grouse or pheasant. Makes a noise similar to strangling a seagull" It's an Essex bird surely ? |
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Essex bird = Longish , straight legs (ankles about 3' apart) .............
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Sounds like an albino hen pheasant to me. You do get leucistic pheasants but they tend to be patchy not all white.
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Turkey
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albino moor hen
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albino moor hen
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Pigeon...
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Goose.
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ptarmigan
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This is not a thread where one should dismiss anothers suggestions, particularly as none of us have seen said bird, BUT
A Ptarmigan in winter plumage in August on the Beds/Bucks border. I'd take more water with it Leopard  |
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I'd post the same to you JM, except I know you and know you are on a wind up.
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