Afternoon drivers through Langleybury lane towards Abbots or Sarratt caught sight of Cock Pheasants Birds Sparring over Territory on a sunny day as spring equinox the day before.

Tuesday at 2:10pm in Langleybury Lane near Abbots and Sarratt in Hertfordshire.

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.

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.