Pheasants & Grouse in Wales
Our list for Wales has 5 pheasants & grouse recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Wales in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixScarceRare28–32 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Quail 16–18 cm
- Grey Partridge 28–32 cm
- Red-legged Partridge 32–34 cm
- Red Grouse 37–42 cm
- Common Pheasant 50–90 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made