Pheasant Roosting

[fishing81]

Just beginning to get dark here and whilst making a cup of tea looked out the kitchen window and have seen a cock pheasant roosting in a hawthorn bush on some waste ground.cant say I've seen that before,maybe a fox around,anyone seen the same sort of thing

[shoota]

Pheasants always roost in trees.

[shoota]

Perhaps I should qualify that: pheasants prefer to roost in trees if at all possible, otherwise they will find some other spot off the ground.

[fishing81]

Thanks shoota,I just googled pheasant roosting and it shows them in trees and I thought I was fairly observant about wildlife but not observant enough obviously,thanks again shoota

[Chipchopper]

I recall seeing them roosting in bushes on a few occasions, when I've been out walking after dark with a torch.
They will sit tight and reluctant to break cover unless absolutely necessary.
Good survival strategy, I'd say.

[Old_Geezer]

Every time I see this title in 'Latest Posts' I read "Roasting" and wonder what roasted pheasant taste like :-)

[Quizproquo]

Roald Dahl taught me that pheasants roost in trees.
You should read Danny, Champion of the World. It's a great story.

[paddywak]

It's lovely OG.I know it was rather naughty but the last pit I worked was in the country and if I was on nights and deployed to the pit top I'd often take a cap lamp into the woods and find a couple of rooating birds.