Birds egg shell ID

[Tommy2]

I'm not into bird eggs or bird watching, but me and my daughter found this the other week at Fountains Abbey (North Yorkshire) and I just wondered what it was from.

I had a quick Google but it looked like it could be Blackbird or Song Thrush possibly something else as I they all look very similar and I may have misread.

 

[Markymark]

If it's not Cadbury's Cream then I'm out of my depth............

 

[Globalti]

Are you yolking? It's an elephant egg.

 

[Drago]

A dogs egg?

 

[Mo1959]

Difficult to tell size from a photo, but colour I would say Blackbird.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

I concur with blackbird egg, I have a pair of blackbirds nest in my garden most years. They've had one set of chicks this year and they're getting it on again already, when the weather's mild and food is abundant they'll produce two sets of chicks in a year.

 

[Andy_R]

Blackbird. Song Thrush eggs have black spots

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Lot of variation with Blackbird egg colour!

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=b...Wo8o3UAhUKLMAKHdLaDFYQ7AkIag&biw=1422&bih=787

 

[Andy_R]

Lot of variation with Blackbird egg colour!

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=b...Wo8o3UAhUKLMAKHdLaDFYQ7AkIag&biw=1422&bih=787

That's just Google analytics. Only a few of those images are Blackbird eggs
Blackbird eggs are a green/blue colour and look like they've been splattered with gravy.

 

[jefmcg]

If it's not Cadbury's Cream then I'm out of my depth............

I'd look for the Lion stamp mark.

 

[Cycleops]

I'll consult my 'Observer's book of Birds Eggs' and get back to you. Suspect its a Thrush.

 

[Cycleops]

Looks like a Blackbird. Thrush doesn't have so many markings.

 

[Tommy2]

Thanks, I have no idea about birds but for some reason wouldn't have thought a blackbirds egg was so small or such a nice colour, then again I'm not to sure how big a blackbirds is close up.
Below is size next to a 3 yr olds hand

 

[Cycleops]

Certainly a Blackbirds. I remember them from my youth, very common to find. That book is from the fifties so rather washed out. If you reckon a chicken is about four or five times the size of a blackbird it gives you a guide.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

On the subject of blackbirds: I made a hanging basket and planted two chicks in it. True story.

I found a nest on a client's drive that had been shredded by a jay earlier this week. One chick was dead and the remainers were cold and hungry. Begging me for insects. I packed the nest material into a small hanging basket and climbed up the tree where I hung it in a similar place. In an hour a half, the hen was back feeding the chicks. Good deed done for the week so I can afford to be a nasty basket for a few days. Can you see both birds in the photo?