Ring-necked Pheasant - Waveney Wildlife
Ring-necked Pheasant
Characteristics
The Ring-necked Pheasant is a large, long-tailed bird. Males have rich chestnut, golden-brown and black markings on body and tail, with a dark green head and red face wattling. Females are mottled with paler brown and black. Juveniles are similar to the female, young male shows some adult patterning by two months.
Habitat
The Ring-necked Pheasant can be seen across most of the UK, apart from the far north and west of Scotland. They are usually seen in the open countryside near woodland edges, copses and hedgerows, especially cultivated lands with grass ditches, hedges, marshes, woodland borders, and brushy groves.
Behaviour
The Ring-necked Pheasant can often be seen foraging for seeds, especially cultivated grain, grasses, leaves, roots, and wild fruits.
The Nest is usually found on the ground, in tall grass or weeds. It is often unlined or sparsely lined with vegetation, and occasionally a few breast feathers from female. The eggs are olive brown and there are typically between 7 and 15 eggs.
Male crows with a loud, harsh "koork-KOK."
B.A.B.
www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife
