Pheasant In The Reeds

Ollie dog and I went to John Lewis in Welwyn Garden City. The word has got round that dogs are allowed in the store. A woman asked me if it was a special dog day. All was calm until a dog that I didn't spot caught sight of Ollie and started barking its head off. That's not what people want when they're trying to do their shopping. Ollie was perfectly behaved. 

We called in at the Tewinbury hide on the way home. I gave it half an hour. As we were about to leave a flock of male and female pheasants whirred and cock-cocked over the reedbed to the field beyond. I'm sure the one in my pic didn't intend to land in the reeds. It sat there for a while bemused and then launched itself laboriously to join the others.