Could anyone identify this bird?

tt6688 | 14:29 Wed 05th Oct 2011 | Twitching & Birdwatching

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I do not have a photograph, it landed on my fence yesterday afternoon,it was bigger than a Wood pigeon,tan in colour and brown speckled feathers on its back and head,i live in Birmingham uk.

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didoatwork

A stray female pheasant?

redman41

Was it one of the Raptor Family, maybe a Kestrel

Frank97

Sparrowhawk?
http://www.thewestern...birds/sparrowhawk.htm

hc4361

Good pheasant photos.
http://www.gobirding.eu/Photos/Pheasant.php

tt6688

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Thank you all for your replies,looks like a female pheasant, lovely looking bird. thanks

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