Common Pheasant: Nest & eggs
The Common Pheasant nests on the ground and builds no real nest, making do with a simple hollow.
- Nest site: the hen scrapes a shallow hollow concealed in dense vegetation, often in field margins, ditch banks or scrub.
- Camouflage: the brown-mottled hen is well camouflaged and incubates alone, which makes the nest hard to detect.
- Nidifugous young: the chicks leave the hollow shortly after hatching and find food themselves under the hen's watch.
She usually lays 8–15 olive-brown eggs and incubates them alone for about 23–27 days.
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