I just had to rescue a bird from my kitchen, that one of the cats had brought in, and then managed to let escape. There was only minimal interior damage, I'd guess from the cats trying to catch it, and knocking things everywhere, before it found a perch well out of their reach on top of the fridge.
I managed to catch it fairly easily in a bucket (having had previous practice, courtesy of Talisker), and released it outside. It seemed to be largely unharmed, since it flew off in a fairly controlled manner.
I didn't take a photo of it, since I think it had been stressed enough, and I'm not really that good at identifying birds, but having a brief look at things like the RSPBs bird identification website, I can't work out what it was.
It wasn't a very small bird, but it was a bit smaller than a pigeon. It didn't look much like a pigeon or dove however, a bit more sleek. It seemed to be largely grey in colour, with a blue patch on the side of it's body.
The local environment is largely urban, so it's most likely a garden bird, but I can't identify them much beyond robins and blackbirds.
Any ideas? I haven't found anything online which looks plausibly like what I saw, but birds colouration does seem to vary a lot from pictures in books and websites!
