A rustle of vegetation … an eye … who’s this lurking behind the ‘snipe paddock’ fence at Cosmeston?

A female Pheasant? A common enough bird in the local countryside but not normally seen here in this dog-full park. She has quite short tail feathers and she’s not too bothered about my presence so I presume she’s a juvenile.

It seems she’s quite partial to blackberries.

Are there more of those delicious treats?

Aha, yes, another ripe one.

And, after scoffing those couple of berries, she wanders off in search of more.