2006-12-23 05:57:57 · 23 answers · asked by parosage 1 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Edinburgh
A lot of money is injected into the economy of the Scottish countryside through the attraction of pheasant shoots and the spending associated with it. This encourages landowners to keep some land preserved as pheasant habitat rather than ploughing it over for agriculture. It also results in management of pheasants, breeding them for release, protecting them at particular times of year and so on, to ensure that the sport of shooting remains as profitable in future. Each pheasant shot in Scotland represents a substantial chunk of money that goes back into protecting and encouraging pheasant stocks.
Shooting still takes place in England, but less so than in Scotland. Thus there is less benefit for landowners in preserving pheasant habitat, and the habitat is disappearing along with the pheasants who live there.
2006-12-23 06:29:23 · answer #1 · answered by Andromeda_Bloodaxe 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The roads in Scotland for the most part are through more rural areas
A good source of revenue in rural areas is - whether some folk agree with it or not - shooting in one of its may forms
The pheasant are obviously raised to provide for this - though as you see - they have a tendency to wander about & get in the way & cause frequent damage to vehicles when they switch to Kamikaze Chicken mode - one broke the radiator on my Mini a few years ago!!
Also - its middle of the shooting season (Glorious 12th etc.) - so at this time of year there's a lot of 'em about, & they are best served skinned & gutted, with a covering of streaky bacon (unless you happen to be vegetarian)
2006-12-24 16:01:38 · answer #2 · answered by saddler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are quite shy birds and like thicket and heather covering.There are plenty of them in the countryside. The `Shooting Syndicates` who go out and shoot them during the season also replace them into the wild, by keeping captive pheasants to breed and releasing the young birds back to the wild.
2006-12-23 14:14:26 · answer #3 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in N.E England and there are loads around here,the c**k pheasants are in full colour at the moment in readiness for courtship.Hunting season is from 1st Oct to 1st Feb
2006-12-23 14:19:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the right kind of countryside...heather and lots of moorland. Low ground cover plants. It's their natural preferred type of environment. They are not great fliers so ground cover is essential. Also lots of pheasant farming...some do escape back into the wild.
2006-12-23 14:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by minitheminx65 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in Suffolk and shoot in Devon. There are many pheasants in both of these counties. There are few wild pheasants now so they will only be seen in great numbers in the vicinity of estates where they are bred for shooting.
2006-12-23 15:04:04 · answer #6 · answered by Clive 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We got loads down here in Cornwall. They even live on the Roundabouts at busy road junctions.
2006-12-23 14:01:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We haven't really had that many peasants since the industrial revolution.
Suprised there are still some left in Scotland quite frankly!
2006-12-23 14:00:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ours drink Famous Grouse Whisky to keep warm?
2006-12-24 04:32:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are. Try the Yorkshire Moors, for example.
2006-12-23 14:10:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋