This bird was clearly imprinted on people, following me and having a good fight with my walking boot when I stopped. Nationally about 40 million pheasants are released annually, with about half of them shot. The beaters may have a hard job getting this one into the air and it would be nice if someone took it in as a pet or breeding stock.
Uploaded to Geograph by Hugh Venables on 19 December 2015
Photo © Hugh Venables, 19 December 2015. Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons licence