I saw a male Golden Pheasant in my back garden a few days ago. I live in the north Cotswolds near Stow on the Wold.
Lucky you, gloriously coloured bird to have a visit from!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Yes, it was certainly easy to identify! I’m trying to establish if there are other sightings of it around here. I didn’t think they were ever known to be in this part of the country in the wild.
It will be feral, it's either wandered from someones private collection or it's been raised with shoot pheasants and released
Cin J
That makes sense. Thank you.