Liz Holmes, 50, had simply returned from a journey to the store when she walked into the kitchen and noticed the bizarre chook pecking on the floor in her again backyard in Bitterne Park.
“At first, I assumed it was a pheasant, so I went on Google to see if I may work it out. I rapidly realised that it was not a pheasant and so had a glance by some photographs of different birds.
“The chook stood out for the crimson patches below it’s eyes and the yellow strip below its tail.
“The encounter was extra uncommon as partridges often keep in teams, and infrequently depart them.
“Some of my neighbours also have cats so I was a little concerned about the safety of the bird.”
The chook finally jumped into the neighbours backyard (Image: Liz Holmes)The partridge noticed by Liz on Thursday final week was a red-legged partridge, identified for preferring to run as a substitute of fly, though they’ll fly quick distances when obligatory.
This sort of partridge will be simply recognized by its brilliant crimson beak and pink-red legs.
Partridges are often present in farmland areas, however the chook is being more and more noticed in cities and cities as a result of lack of agricultural land to giant industrial developments.
Liz continued: “It finally flew up onto the fence and sat there for fairly a while.
“I seemed away for a minute, and after I seemed again, it had gone. I hope it has survived and has returned to no matter place it could have come from.
“It was amazing to see in the middle of suburbia.”
