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Appropriately for Easter Saturday, I came across this egg laying at the side of the road very close to home today. It was barely marked, and it is difficult to imagine how it could have got where it was with hardly any damage. I suppose it is conceivable that it had been carelessly dropped by the Easter Bunny on its way to an appointment with one of children living nearby...

The question is - what species is it? The colour is a very pale blue (almost like a Chalkhill Blue) with a few brown spots, and it's near enough 25mm long. Any thoughts?

Cheers,

Dave

Starling.

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Goolge birds egge,Starling. or thrush

Starling. Song Thrush is a slightly different shape and slightly darker blue. It almost always has varying numbers of black spots around the blunt end.

My Robin has hatched three out of four and the pair is now full time feeding (see 'a needle in an haystack').

Tony M.

It would be surprised if Pheasants aren’t nesting in or near the garden. One male and four wives are regulars. The Pheasants and the cats ignore one another. But care would be needed to safeguard any chicks.

Jack

Thank you all. I think that I'll go for Starling with this. It still remains a mystery how it ended up at the roadside relatively undamaged.

Cheers,

Dave

It might have been dropped by a predator crow or gull.

A similar incident occurred near my Scottish village (although unfortunately, I didn’t witness it). Ospreys breed in the area and one returning from a fishing trip (presumably to its nest) was unable to carry a large fish for any longer and dropped on farmland some distance from its fishing grounds. So imagine finding a large dead fish in a field.

Jack