Iona has just found a young bird.
What is this bird
It must have fallen out of its nest.
Its legs were completed tangled up with string.
Whist I set to work untangling the string, Iona made a ‘nest’ complete with straw, water and some cooked chicken, seeing as we didn’t have any live mice!
We have put the bird in the shed. I do hope it flies away tonight…
Can anyone identify this bird?
Iona and Joe have had all their bird books out but we can’t be sure… is it an owl or a falcon/hawk type bird?
Looks like a kestrel to me and I’m pretty sure it’s not a young bird as it has male adult plumage.