Pheasant

Pheasants are commonly found in the British countryside. The wild population is supported by the release into the wild of reared pheasants in July and August, boosting the overall availability of pheasants when the pheasant shooting season starts in October. It is therefore hard to determine whether pheasants are truly wild or not as it is impossible to distinguish between a pheasant born in the wild or one born on a farm. They all look and behave like wild birds during the shooting season.