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Old Thursday 7th August 2003, 22:50   #1
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What's the feather from??

Found in Northumberland, UK.

Who can name the species?

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Old Thursday 7th August 2003, 23:07   #2
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Quail? Snipe?
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Old Friday 8th August 2003, 01:29   #3
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Old Friday 8th August 2003, 02:17   #4
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A grouse of some kind? Van
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Old Friday 8th August 2003, 04:58   #5
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juv. Cuckoo? It's a tertial?
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Red Grouse?
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Old Friday 8th August 2003, 09:40   #8
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Well done CJ and Van - Red Grouse it is (for Americans, that's the UK endemic race of Willow Ptarmigan)

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