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Bird - deceased - ID please!

  • 27-04-2020 08:36AM
    #1
    Del.Monte
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    Posted here instead of nature pics thread as it's not a pretty sight.



    Town centre, Enniscorthy this morning.



    Bird%2Bof%2BPrey.jpg

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  • #2
    OpenYourEyes
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,081 Mod ✭✭✭✭OpenYourEyes


    Id guess Whimbrel? Feathers look Curlew-like from what I can see, legs short, and lots of Whimbrel moving through the country at the moment!

    https://birdwatchireland.ie/birds/whimbrel/


  • #3
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Thanks. I am hopeless when it comes to headless corpses and something had a damn good feed here. Perhaps it was a contract killing given that the head was removed but they forgot one leg. :D

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  • #4
    fryup
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    what would have killed it?


  • #5
    OpenYourEyes
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,081 Mod ✭✭✭✭OpenYourEyes


    fryup wrote: »
    what would have killed it?

    Peregrine!


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