Cock pheasant near Beacon Hill
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Cock pheasant near Beacon Hill by Maigheach-gheal as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Cock pheasant near Beacon Hill
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 9 Mar 2007
The Pheasant is the most familiar gamebird in Britain, often seen in the open on fields by roadsides. The spectacular male is better known than the brown, camouflaged female. Both have longer tails than any other ground-living British bird.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.068
Longitude
-2.129108