'.... attached is an image of a Shelduck feather found in our garden on 9th April. It was part of a clump of about 10 feathers all with the quill snapped / bitten-off at the base. I haven’t seen a Shelduck near the village for many years so something of a mystery as to how these feathers arrived.' SS
Bitten feathers indicate a mammalian predator/scavenger, most likely a fox. But how it came across the Shelduck is another matter! Perhaps the bird was taken by a peregrine or collided with power lines?
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