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PAIR OF PTARMIGAN IN EARLY WINTER PLUMAGE
PAIR OF MODERN CASED PTARMIGANS
CLOSE UP OF PTARMIGAN
PTARMIGAN IN LATE AUTUMN PLUMAGE
 
AUTUMN PLUMAGE PTARMIGAN
QUAIL
LADY AMHURSTS PHEASANTS BY COLE OF NORWICH
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
TRION OF RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGES
MY FAVOURITE GAMEBIRD,THE RED GROUSE (LAPOGUS LAPOGUS)IN A CASE OF FOUR BIRDS OF THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE MOORS,RED GROUSE MEADOW PIPIT WHEATEAR AND RING OUZEL,WHEN CAMPING ON THESE MOORS,30 YEARS AGO,ONE COULD OBSERVE ALL FOUR BIRDS,NOW THE RING OUZEL AND WHEATEAR ARE VIRTUALLY GONE FROM THESE MOORS,ALTHOUGH THE GROUSE NUMBERS ARE HOLDING,THE MEADOW PIPIT IS IN SLIGHT DECLINE.
GREY PARTRIDGE
PAIR OF RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGES
MR AND MRS CAPERCAILLEE(TETRAO UROGALLUS)A DECLINING POPULATION OF AROUND A THOUSAND BIRDS,IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLANDS LAST FEW REMAINING CALEDONIAN FORESTS.
RED GROUSE(LAPOGUS LAPOGUS)BRITAINS COMMONEST GROUSE
BLACK GROUSE(TETRAO TETRIX)UPLAND GROUSE FROM YOUNG FORESTRY PLANTATIONS,FARM EDGES AND MOORLAND EDGES,NUMBERS DRAMATICALL REDUCING IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES
SWINHOES PHEASANT BY MOUNTNEY OF CARDIFF
NICE 1879 CASED SILVER PHEASANT BY PRATT OF BRIGHTON
CLOSE UP OF SILVER PHEASANT
COCK PHEASANT (PHASIANUS COLCHICUS )INTRODUCED TO BRITAIN BY THE ROMANS OR NORMANS,HUGE NUMBERS INTRODUCED EVERY YEAR FOR SHOOTING,RESULTING IN AN ABUNDANT POPULATION DESPITE HIGH SHOOTING AND ROAD KILL VICTIMS,AND THE GRAIN PUT OUT FOR THIS BIRD BY GAMEKEEPERS AND FARMERS,BENEFITS MANY WOODLAND CREATURES.
PHEASANT,FULL SIZE MOUNT,120 YEARS OLD AND FEATHER CONDITION AND COLOURS ARE STILL PERFECT
NICE PHEASANT IN 1920S CASE
NICE PALE COCK PHEASANT
PALE GOLDEN BACKED VARIETY OF PHEASANT LOVELY COLOURS
COCK GOLDEN PHEASANT IN CLOSE UP
PAIR OF VICTORIAN PHEASANTS
ABOVE PHEASANT IN CLOSE UP
NICE QUALITY CASE FOR A PHEASANT
TWO SUPERB PHEASANTS
TAXIDERMY PHEASANT
COCK PHEASANT IN THE SNOW.
GOLDEN PHEASANT
MELANISTIC/SPECIALLY BRED BLUE PHEASANT
RED GROUSE(LAPOGUS LAPOGUS)A BIRD OF HEATHER MOORLAND AND MOUNTAIN,
BLACK GROUSE(TETRAO TETRIX)THIS ONE IN DISPLAYING POSE AS WOULD BE SEEN,ON A COMMUNAL LEK,REDUCING IN RANGE PARTICULARLY IN PEAK DISTRICT AND PENNINE MOORLAND,LARGER THAN RED GROUSE WITH A DISTICT DIFFERENCE IN MALE AND FEMALE PLUMAGES,FEMALE IS MOTTLED BROWN,
BLACK GROUSE(TETRAO TETRIX)CLOSE UP SHOWS PURPLE SHEEN TO FEATHERING ON SHOULDERS AND BREAST.
CAPERCAILLIE,NOW RESTRICTED TO THE LAST FEW REMAINING WOODLANDS OF THE CALEDONIAN FOREST
CAPERCAILLEE MALE
FEMALE CAPERCAILLEE BY CREWDSON OF DARWEN
MALE VICTORIAN CAPERCAILLEE
CASE OF CAPERCAILLEE(TETRAO UROGALLUS)
HEN CAPERCAILLEE,A BIRD OF THE ORIGINAL CALEDONIAN FORESTS
PAIR OF CAPERCAILLEE
TRIO OF PTARMIGAN
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE IN BOW FRONTED CASE
ASIAN CHEER PHEASANT NOW CRITICALLY ENDANGERED IN ITS NATIVE AREAS,
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
PAIR OF RED-LEGGED OR FRENCH PARTRIDGES
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE IN LARGE CASE
RED-LEGGED OR FRENCH PARTRIDGE
PAIR OF FRENCH PARTRIDGE IN LOVELY DOME
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
SPURRING GOLDEN PHEASANTS
GOLDEN PHEASANT VICTORIAN COCK BIRD
GOLDEN PHEASANTS
GOLDEN PHEASANT
GOLDEN PHEASANT IN CLOSE UP
SMALL BOTTON QUAIL,OR ANDULASIAN HEMIPODE,RELATED TO THE CRANE FAMILY NOW EXTINCT IN EUROPE,BUT STILL NUMEROUS IN AFRICA,VERY RARE IN SS SPAIN AND MORROCCO.
COCK GOLDEN PHEASANT
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