Birds eggs

[alison123]

I live in the NE England and the gardener has being doing some weeding and cutting down of some dead grasses to find 6 deserted eggs under a bush. They arnt in a nest as such, are what in colour and just a little smaller than a hens egg. Does anyone have any idea what sort of bird laid them ?

[jomifl]

try this;
http://www.google.co....QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=728

[alison123]

Thank you, they could possibly be a pigeons or dove eggs

[wildwood]

Pigeons and doves only lay one or two eggs at the time, so I doubt if it is that. It may be a pheasant or your neighbour's hen has found a new laying place.

[alison123]

Mmmm we definately don't have any pheasants or hens close by and its in such a tight area the bird would have to be smallish but obviously not too small as the eggs are quite large.

[jomifl]

I've never heard of pigeons nesting on the ground, their eggs are less than an inch long. From their size they must be bigger than a partridge which doesn't leave much choice.

[Graham-W]

Partridge eggs? They nest on the ground.
http://www.flickr.com...os/bpangie/172322827/

[tenrec]

I was going to suggest pheasant too.

[wildwood]

Maybe a is a fox's cache. If there is not a lot of places around for them to dig, it might have decided to hide it under your hedge for a rainy day.

[thugulike]

Sounds like partridge eggs to me