feather identification

by **grandadruss** » 23 Nov 2015, 17:17

Got a big bag of these
Any ideas which bird gave them up please.
Quite pale and three to four inches long.

Ta

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by **mac** » 23 Nov 2015, 20:45

A dead one .

by **grandadruss** » 23 Nov 2015, 21:10

mac wrote:A dead one .

Correct Mac :cheer:

A dead Woodcock to be exact,also asked the same question on a real fly fishing site :whistle:

by **billywizz** » 23 Nov 2015, 21:18

Or could be a snipe very similar.

by **grandadruss** » 23 Nov 2015, 21:36

billywizz wrote:Or could be a snipe very similar.

Yeh pretty alike but compared them to snipe and there's a noticeable difference.
Ta anyway mate :thumb:

by **billywizz** » 23 Nov 2015, 21:46

worth a try, may have some pheasant and pigeon feathers ind rabbit skins in the next week or so if you have any use for them.

by **grandadruss** » 23 Nov 2015, 22:05

billywizz wrote:worth a try, may have some pheasant and pigeon feathers ind rabbit skins in the next week or so if you have any use for them.

Well worth a try and appreciated as well

Have got far too many feathers cheers mate,boxes of them and still trying to identify them all :doh:

Found a feather website so will start to work through them all,need to get a life as well I think :lmao: