Cock Pheasant Birds Sparring/Territory fighting in the sun before the rain as weather turns colder.Langleybury Lane nr Abbots / Sarratt Hertfordshire.http://watfordlondon.uk/Drivers-witness-Fighting-Cock-Pheasants-fighting-for-territory.htm

A large, long-tailed gamebird.

Males have rich chestnut, golden-brown and black markings on body and tail, with a dark green head and red face wattling. Females are mottled with paler brown and black. They were introduced to the UK long ago and more recent introductions have brought in a variety of races and breeds for sport shooting.The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin phasianus, "pheasant". The species name colchicus is Latin for "of Colchis" a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known to Europeans.