CAMBRIDGESHIRE BIRD CLUB GALLERY: Common Pheasant

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Common Pheasant

Hen Common Pheasant, Arrington, 12th December 2006, Jim Lawrence. I suspect the striking dark plumage of this hen Common Pheasant is probably the result of selective breeding by gamekeepers, rather than melanism. (JL).

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As well as featuring some superb photographs of birds regularly occurring in Cambridgeshire, this gallery also serves as a photographic record of some of the rarer and more interesting sightings from around the county.

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