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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.
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.
Spotted Berks/Bucks border on a green space with trees in a built-up, residential area but only a mile from open farmland.
could it be a leucistic ( abnormal plumage , invariably makes them white ) form of a more common bird ?
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.
My first thought when I saw it was that it was some sort of chicken that had escaped from someone's garden.
"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 ?
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 ?
Essex bird = Longish , straight legs (ankles about 3' apart) ............. 
Sounds like an albino hen pheasant to me. You do get leucistic pheasants but they tend to be patchy not all white.
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
A Ptarmigan in winter plumage in August on the Beds/Bucks border. I'd take more water with it Leopard
I'd post the same to you JM, except I know you and know you are on a wind up.
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