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Which bird has laid these eggs in my flower bed?

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BaleOfHay · 18/07/2024 15:35

Found them today. Not touched them. They look to be the size of a hen's egg. No hens nearby! And ideas?

Excuse the nail polish - courtesy of DD5 -, finger included for scale.

Which bird has laid these eggs in my flower bed?
Which bird has laid these eggs in my flower bed?
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pinksummer · 18/07/2024 15:38

I think a pheasant.

DelilahBucket · 18/07/2024 15:39

All white could be a wood pigeon.

BaleOfHay · 18/07/2024 15:39

I thought pigeons used nests in trees? A pheasant might be right, although I rarely see them so close to the house

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MereDintofPandiculation · 18/07/2024 21:54

BaleOfHay · 18/07/2024 15:39

I thought pigeons used nests in trees? A pheasant might be right, although I rarely see them so close to the house

Pigeons are so rubbish at nest buidling that sometimes the nests fall, I think I've read. Certainly nests I've seen have sometimes been so badly built as to be see-through.

lcakethereforeIam · 18/07/2024 22:01

The eggs could have been cached there by a fox.

Coastalcreeksider · 18/07/2024 22:14

I found three eggs like that in my garden a couple of years ago. I did have nesting pigeons in the tree, in fact I still have them, they keep coming back.

They are terrible nest builders, a pile of haphazard twigs so not surprised the eggs dropped out.

Emmelina · 18/07/2024 22:15

Pigeons are quite likely, is there a tree within rolling distance of the eggs? They build nests in the tree at the front of our house and a pigeon scuffle or a stiff wind will bring the whole thing down.one of the eggs there appears to be smashed!

Cactiverde · 18/07/2024 22:32

You say they're the same size as hens eggs? Which would be larger than a pigeon. But... Pigeons do make crap nests, so I wonder. We had one make a "nest" on our doorstep... It was three singular twigs kind of arranged in a triangle on top of my coir mat. A week later there were 4 eggs... she dutifully sat on them and hatched them all, but it was a very tense time, having to barricade neighbours cats out, and praying they didn't get eaten alive on the doorstep, I ended up bringing food to her, as I didn't want her leaving the babies alone. The moment they'd fledged, she tried to make a new "nest", so I had to keep chucking her sticks away as I wasn't going to play midwife and nanny a second time!

ErrolTheDragon · 18/07/2024 22:59

Sounds like she thought she was onto a good thing, a nice mat with food and guard service!

SkytreeMadeOfClay · 18/07/2024 23:03

Adorable, @Cactiverde I really enjoyed reading that little tale, bless that mother pigeon 😁 Did you know baby pigeons are called squabs? So cute in such an ugly bald way haha

JC03745 · 18/07/2024 23:05

The size of a hens egg? Unless your finger is 20cm long, the egg looks to be much smaller than the chicken eggs I buy! It might be the angle of the pic?
I too was going to suggest a woodpigeon. They don't just nest in trees!
We are renovating and had 1 nest inside an external cupboard on a shelf, 1 in an ivy vine and another tried nesting inside the house on new rafters.

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