Chester The Pheasant
by Catherine Sullivan
Title
Chester The Pheasant
Artist
Catherine Sullivan
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
9 am; Chester, the pheasant, comes for breakfast. Downstairs he knocks at the french windows, upstairs he calls and waits patiently on the balcony.
A very familiar gamebird, the pheasant is large and colourful, and has a long tail. Common in farmland and woodland throughout the British Isles, the males' loud, sharp, croaking call can be heard resonating through the countryside before the bird is actually seen.
Pheasants eat seeds, berries, leaves and insects; they roost in trees and can form flocks in winter. During the breeding season, one male may mate with many females, who then raise the chicks alone.
Male pheasants have striking bronze plumage, a red face and wattle, a green neck with a white ring around it and a long tail. Females are sandy brown, with an intricate pattern of black spots and bars.
Widespread and found almost everywhere, they live in grassland,farmland, wetlands, woodland, towns, and gardens.
They are native to Asia and were introduced into much of Europe by the Romans, possibly arriving in the UK with the Normans in the 11th century. Largely forgotten and locally extinct up until the 19th century, they became a popular gamebird once again and are extensively reared by gamekeepers.
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