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Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks April to May · Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · BOU category C6E*

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
Jmhullot, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Golden Pheasant: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Golden Pheasant has been recorded in 124 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (4%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in April to May.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
100% or more of visits
High
2% to 100%
Moderate
<1% to 2%
Low
under <1%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 61%<1%Low
February 62%<1%Very high
March 61%<1%Very high
April 91%<1%Low
May 96%<1%Very high
June 32%<1%Very high
July 35%<1%Moderate
August 82%<1%Very high
September 29%<1%Very high
October 100%<1%Very high
November 21%<1%Very high
December 43%<1%Moderate

Squares with the highest reporting rate in April

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
NG35Highland, Scotland100%Very high
SD32Lancashire, England100%Very high
ST09Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales100%Very high
ST46North Somerset, England100%Very high
ST78South Gloucestershire, England100%Very high
TL88Norfolk, England100%Very high
TL98Norfolk, England100%Very high
TF41Cambridgeshire, England25%High
SN61Carmarthenshire, Wales15%High
TL06Bedford, England12%High

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