@ianrobinthomas.bsky.socialMr Pheasant appears to be taking his gate duty very seriously this afternoon! 👀
#Pheasant #GateDuty #GardenWildlife #WildlifeWatch #CountryLife #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Countryside #BritishWildlife #FeatheredFriend #AfternoonVisitor
@ronm123photo.bsky.socialRob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying and the Alt theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage. I guess this colourful guy counts for both…
#birds #photography #ECK #ukbirds #wildlife #ukwildlife #pheasant
@swaninga.bsky.social
@flusteredduck.bsky.socialThe medieval pheasant was described as being a very beautiful and colourful bird. This pheasant is from the Alphonso Psalter (c1284). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #pheasant #pheasants
![A somewhat alarmed-looking bird with a red head, green throat, white belly and folded brown wings perched on a red flower within a decorative blue and red element on a manuscript page. Image from British Library, Additional MS 24686 [Alphonso Psalter], folio 18r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreiehvd4yqgymrngsu6b4dmuc3pfr2fjf6pmd43bq5kwe2toyrzmglq@jpeg)
@flusteredduck.bsky.socialThe medieval pheasant was said to have feathers which were bright like fire and glittered. This image is from a 13th century "Liber de natura rerum". #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #pheasant #pheasants
![Section of a manuscript page showing a block of red text above a gilt-framed picture of a right-facing brown bird with prominent wattles and a long blue curving tail. Image from Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320 [Liber de natura rerum], folio 100r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreiemecdcpz72jug4duqcqc23odar2oyveenhlndtf5guj7j4bzfzle@jpeg)
@zeusthecatdaddy.bsky.socialPLEASANT PHEASANT! #pheasant #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #photography #bluesky #photographer
@taicheuk.bsky.socialRing-necked #Pheasant Amongst Meadow #Wildflowers #tshirts #apparels #giftideas #taiche #custontshirts www.zazzle.com/ring_necked_... via @zazzle
@flusteredduck.bsky.socialThe medieval pheasant ("phasius") was also known as the "gallus silvester" (wild cock) as shown in the text below this image from a c1350 version of "Der Naturen Bloeme". #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #pheasant #pheasants
![A fierce-looking red-brown bird with a rooster-like tail, crown and wattles against a gilt background with stylised trees. Below the red and blue, gilt-cornered frame, the text reads "Gallus silvester". Image from Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16 [Der Naturen Bloeme], folio 89v.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreicmlbdptwwqqcwbe6g64mmsqofmep4zo3i65zd4r7kjcinvfcaecq@jpeg)
@flusteredduck.bsky.socialThis week's medieval beast is the pheasant which was named for its original home, the Greek island of Phasis. This lovely pheasant is from the Lutterell Psalter (c1325-1340). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #pheasant #pheasants
![A surprisingly accurate painting of a pheasant with a green head and long neck, a red-brown belly and very long tail and white-trimmed black wings folded over its back. Its legs and feet are painted white. It has a red-ringed eye and red wattles. The drawings on the reverse side of the page are visible like a watermark behind and around the drawing. Image from British Library, Additional MS 42130 [The Lutterell Psalter], folio 84v.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreihovuv4o2jzknesqumxxt33mgumx7ff4bwdypbmirdtnyoqdbjlpy@jpeg)
@houndfolly.bsky.socialwhidbey island & Furswap sketches.
#angelwolf #pheasant
@aliball.bsky.socialI have driven on a lot of country lanes on my roadtrip around Yorkshire.
Some of them require a lawnmower 😁
I have also met hundreds of female pheasants along the way, and honestly, they just make me smile and make the journey more interesting ❤️
#Yorkshire #Bird #Pheasant
@learnbirds.bsky.socialA cock pheasant does not just take a mate. In spring he holds a patch of ground plus a harem of hens that trail about after him. Some cocks gather ten or more.
Learn your UK birds free at learn-birds.com
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@sharon-kilzer.bsky.social
@mattstarrfineart.bsky.socialThis is my acrylic painting of a vibrant male kalij pheasant in a dense thicket. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1755...
#mattstarrfineart #kalijpheasant #pheasant #pheasants #BirdoftheDay #art #painting #tshirts #ArtoftheDay #tshirt #artistic #artwork #artlovers #BuyArtOnline #ArtforSale
@natuurlijkeparels.bsky.socialGoeiemorgen🙋♀️
Geduld hebben💚de fazanten kunnen zich halverwege nog wel eens bedenken tijd voor #wildfotografie 😁🐦🤗 Fijne woensdag!
#platteland #mais #paradepas #fazant #nature #pheasant
@davepiperdj.bsky.socialRoll cameras, it's VIDEO TIME!
Just a pheasant, harassing a hen who is NOT interested...
#bird #UKBirding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildlife #nature #pheasant
@mattstarrfineart.bsky.social I recently sold some postcards with a print of my work of art called “Nebraska pheasant”: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1322...
#mattstarrfineart #Nebraska #pheasant #pheasants #birds #BirdoftheDay #postcards #art #paintings #artforsale #artist #dailyart @Redbubble #artwork #art #giftidea #Redbubble
@bookamatic.bsky.social“None, sir. I have no pheasant, cock nor hen.”
#Bardspotting #Pheasant #Cockerel #Hen
SHEPHERD
The Winter’s Tale
Act IV, Scene 4
NB: Arden notes the ‘Bribing judges with game or poultry was commonplace (cf. capon justice)’
