Anyone for pheasant?

[chamberv]

As I was eating my breakfast on Sat 30th Dec I was surprised to see a male pheasant walking past my window. Our garden backs onto a small woodland area. Would this have been a wild one or are they bred in the local area(Heath Charnock/Adlington).
Val

[Neil Southworth]

Val,

Pheasant is an introduced species from long long ago, which has established a feral population throughout the country. In addition, it is bred and released in large numbers for 'sporting' purposes. Some of these survive and supplement the feral population.

I suppose the answer to your question depends on whether there is any shooting of Pheasants in your woodland.

Regards,

Neil

[phil kirk]

I was once told that genuine "wild" male pheasants have a well defined white neck ring, but released ones have no neck ring. Any truth in that?