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THEY SAY WILDLIFE AND NATURE help boost our wellbeing. I fully agree with this. During the most recent lockdown, we have welcomed an unexpected visitor into our cottage garden. This colourful male pheasant visits every day, and we have nicknamed him ‘Phezzie’. He makes us burst out laughing when he dances around in circles in the middle of the garden, bowing down with his tail feathers straight up in the air.

Once his territorial display is over, he carries on strutting about his new kingdom, watching the rest of the natural world go by. He also likes to ‘chatter’ to himself – what a character!