Bird identification, was walking down our local woods and thought pheasant?? Any help would be great as my 6 year old is still asking me! Thank you.

Hi, not certain but I think possibly a female peacock if not need to think a bit more. Picture not very clear to me but could be my glasses?

Honestly I'm not too sure, they are not native to the UK (they are native to southeast asia) so it might not do very well, plus its getting to be winter which is hard on all birds (though silver pheasants apparently do well in the cold). but as long as it can find food, keep warm and avoid predators it might just be okay

I would probably have a look to see if anyone has lost a silver pheasant in the area, or if there are any zoos/collections that it might have escaped from- I don't know how fruitful this would be though

I'm glad I could help!