birds egg

[Cider]

pale blue with brownie grey speckle....any ideas, we do have doves and magpies, but dont think its one of theirs

[paddywak]

sounds like a Blackbird
http://www.arkive.org/blackbird/turdus-merula/ image-A9986.html
this is a picture of a Blackbirds nest and eggs

[wildwood]

Doves lay white eggs.
The eggs you describe are very common among passerine birds and could belong to heaps of different birds.

[nicbow]

Absolutely agree with the first answer here, definitely sounds like a blackbirds egg to me....country girl born and bred with a nature mad father who insisted on teaching myself and brother 'everything' haha!