pegasus bridge Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Shot this today , never seen one with white tips before > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Tis a odd one that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James1983 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Half woodie half Maggie.... Tis a strange one that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Oh no! Not the pro!!!!! ....... No I got in trouble last time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Half woodie half Maggie.... Tis a strange one that Could be a Waggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 It`s probably Polish . . . coming over here, eating all our corn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James1983 Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Could be a Waggie. Haha like that name for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 It`s probably Polish . . . coming over here, eating all our corn. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Could be a Waggie. Or a moodie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yod dropper Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 I've a feeling there was a photo of a similar coloured bird on here not too long back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 I've a feeling there was a photo of a similar coloured bird on here not too long back. There was indeed, very similar markings.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Probably a little bit of street picker in there. We've got a woody who visits garden regularly with a slightly deformed wing - it doesn't fold neatly and touched floor as it walks - been here for a couple of years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 That's the magpie squadron leader old boy :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Leucism. It's a condition that causes loss or partial loss of pigmentation, which can result in white feathers in birds. These strange marked birds appear every now and then in various patterns, sometimes completely white, sometimes speckled. I remember an almost completely white one coming into my decoys a good few years ago, and I ignored it because I thought it was a white dove, until it flew right past me and I realised it was a woodpigeon. I didn't shoot it because I was a bit gobsmacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 this was out of a bag of 103 on rape stubble last summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Or a moodie. How do you know it's a female Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Leucism. It's a condition that causes loss or partial loss of pigmentation, which can result in white feathers in birds. These strange marked birds appear every now and then in various patterns, sometimes completely white, sometimes speckled. I remember an almost completely white one coming into my decoys a good few years ago, and I ignored it because I thought it was a white dove, until it flew right past me and I realised it was a woodpigeon. I didn't shoot it because I was a bit gobsmacked. I did shoot one a couple of weeks ago , unlike the one in the photo my one was White speckled across its back , I wouldn't say they were common but they do turn up now and again . The game dealer once showed me a nigh on pure White one with just the odd Grey feather and the eyes were the normal colour , so I don't think it was a albino . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 We had a suicudal black bird on the gallops a few years back. He used to wait until we were nearly into of him then zoom across in front of the lead horse. He was almost completely white. Not albino because he didn't have red eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Albinism is a different condition, although similar in that it affects pigmentation. As you know albino's eyes are also affected, but in a leucistic bird, the eyes are normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Do they breed with street peckers - possibly a hybrid? We've had a woody in our garden for three years now with a deformed wing. It flys ok but doesn't retract on landing and drags along to ground. Thought it was wounded when I first saw it but it's still with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dob Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 We have one very similar bird near us but it also has white tail feathers, never got a gun when I see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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