I have a young pheasant in my urban garden. How high and what distance can a pheasant fly? Do I need to do anything as slightly worried about cats etc.

Hello Diana, I too have pheasants in the garden. I live in the country and when we moved, the first time I had one I was so excited, as it is not something you expect to see. At one point we had around 12! My premium bird seed was disapearing at an alarming rate, so now feed ordinary corn, it is only around £8 for a 20/25 kg bag. They love it and it lasts a wee while. Now I have a couple of rather overweight looking pigeons as well as the collard doves taking the corn. One male Percy, became so tame, he came into the garage when I was getting seed and would eat from my hand. They will fly high and roost in the trees. I have a cat and to be honest she is not bothered by them. She is a wee tabby and I think she knows they are too big for her, but bigger cats may well want to have a go. I will post a few photos. It is always exciting to get the birds, no matter what size they are.

Welcome from me up in the very far north of Scotland, in Caithness.

This was when one family starting visiting and they had 8 babies with them! 

I do have photos of the cat sitting on the bunker looking down at Percy, as if to say, you are back then! I have downloaded those onto the laptop and deleated them form my ipad, so can't attach any.

How lucky you are to live in the country and see so much wildlife! Fabulous photos.  The pheasant left my garden yesterday lunchtime and ‘hopped’ over my fence into my neighbour’s garden. I wished him well and felt a little bereft. But this morning he’s back - so wonderful!