Bird feather identification please from Yorkshire , England (1 Viewer)

[alisonb]

Hello , I would be really grateful for any advise on these 4 feathers I found last week , they are our white with no colour in them , thank you for any help with this

 

[Cicada]

Little egret seems like the best candidate. See: Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - Feathers on featherbase.info
Especially: https://media.featherbase.info/images/images5/010006_full.jpg

 

[alisonb]

Thank you for your reply and information , pure white beautiful feathers

 

[Rotherbirder]

IMHO its impossible to say with any certainty. Under what circumstances and in what type of habitat were they found? They could equally well have come from a domestic duck or chicken!

RB

 

[alisonb]

They were on a field just on the pathway mainly used by dog walkers no water around anywhere near , just the 4 feathers on there own

 

[Prestdj]

a few little egrets around selby just feed in fields