Look what I found on my front door step

[Ryewolf]

Apparently it had been sat there for about an hour. Not sure what it is, looks a bit like a female pheasant., it about the size of a large pigeon with long longs. At the moment it's in a box in the front room - with the door closed as I don't want my little cat investigating. I gave it some bird seeds and it quite happily pecked and ate them.

Not really sure who to ring...

[Clicker]

Looks like a young Partridge  to me ... RSPB worth Ringing I suspect ... you could email the local person then with the photo ....

[Guest Ron]

Yes agree with Polly, looks like a Partridge. If not RSPB than RSPCA and they should take it to one of their centres.

Ron

[Guest Judy]

Just to add that you might get a negative answer from the organisations. Polly will remember that we had a Chinese Golden Phaesant land in our garden last January. We phoned every one but none of them wanted to know. Eventually we fed it for about 2-3 months and it then disappeared.

[BillE]

Unless any sign of injury just feed and water overnight, then let loose down the bottom of the garden in the morning with camera at the ready! As other folk saying, you will prob not get much help from any of the organisations or local vets as it is just a game bird.

Bill

[Denis]

Looks like a Spruce Grouse to me...but then we don't get a lot of them down here in Essex !

 

[Guest Ron]

I think as Bill says Rye if it doesn't appear to be injured then feed and water it over night then take it out and release it in the morning, though it does make me wonder why a healthy (assuming it is) Partridge would be sitting on your doorstep. 

Ron 

[Clicker]

I think he's heard on the grapevine that it's a pretty good place to eat!! 

[Ryewolf]

It could well be, I wouldn't have known it was ther excxept I had to go out to Tesco's and a guy in a car asked me if it was my bird... My first re=action was 'what bird?'....

[Ryewolf]

It doesn't seem injured and it was quite happily eating the seeds. .... I did ring the RSPCA, they were very helpful with advice.

[Guest Ron]

1 minute ago, Ryewolf said:

It doesn't seem injured and it was quite happily eating the seeds. .... I did ring the RSPCA, they were very helpful with advice.

Good Rye, are you going to release it tomorrow.

Ron

[Ryewolf]

They said they would visit tomorrow, just to make sure it wasn;t some exoctic non-native bird, which I supose it quite easily could be. It just wasn't the sort of thing I'd expect to find as I do live on a busy road of terraced houses a few mins from the town centre.

[Mitch]

Was going to say if the RSPCA offered no help, you could have taken it to Martin Mere, someone there would have been able to either take it off your hands or point you in the right direction?

Looks like a female Grey Partridge

[Ryewolf]

It certainly does look like one. I put it in a bigger box this morning and some more seeds.

[Clicker]

Is it drinking too .?  ... Danger maybe of dehydrating in a warm house ... 

[Ryewolf]

I did try and put some water in but it knocked it over. The nice lady from the RSPCA came this afternoon and took it to be identified and then rehomed. She was sure what it was either. There are some allotments not far from me so it could be an escapee.

[CanonChrissy]

Just caught up with this thread. How interesting....

[ChrisLumix]

On 26 February 2016 at 20:34, Clicker said:

I think he's heard on the grapevine that it's a pretty good place to eat!! 

Didn't he hear it in a pear tree?

[Clicker]

9 minutes ago, ChrisLumix said:

Didn't he hear it in a pear tree?

Yeah ...that was a while ago at Christmas wasn't it ? 

[BillE]

On 26/02/2016 at 22:16, Ryewolf said:

They said they would visit tomorrow, just to make sure it wasn;t some exoctic non-native bird, which I supose it quite easily could be. It just wasn't the sort of thing I'd expect to find as I do live on a busy road of terraced houses a few mins from the town centre.

There's me assuming that you are in the sticks and saying let it loose down the garden!

[Kobione]

Just catching up to see how you went with this Ryewolf, well done - looks like a decent result in the end.

[Clicker]

54 minutes ago, BillE said:

There's me assuming that you are in the sticks and saying let it loose down the garden!

That made me chuckle Bill ....especially as Rye has a cat !!