Newsletter / Blog
2012-05-24 About 40 million Pheasants are released every year in the UK for shooting.
Pheasants are not
native to the UK.
Each year about 40
million birds are released for shooting. Just think of the impact that the
release and shooting has on the native wildlife. The impacts of this practice
on wildlife have been poorly documented, but serious questions have recently been
raised about the impact such a large injection of captive-reared birds have on
wildlife in the UK.
Common Pheasant
The Common Pheasant or Ring-necked Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus – has been
widely introduced as a game birds worldwide.
The adult male has a long brown
streaked black tail, with its body plumage barred bright gold and brown, with
green, purple and white markings. The head is bottle green with a small crest
and distinctive red wattle. The female is a duller bird with a mottled brown
plumage all over with a longish tail. |