Markus Varesvuo / Dead male Black grouse Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) next to gun, Kauhajoki, Finland, October.

Neil Aldridge / Beater tapping his stick on a tree to drive Ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) towards waiting guns during a winter shoot on shooting estate, southern England, UK. January.

Neil Aldridge / Spaniel gundog holding a dead female Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) in its mouth during a winter shoot on shooting estate, southern England, UK. January.

Neil Aldridge / Man taking aim with his gun at a Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flying overhead during a winter shoot on shooting estate, southern England, UK. January.

Neil Aldridge / Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male dead in leaflitter a few metres from the man that shot it during a winter shoot on shooting estate, southern England, UK. January.

Neil Aldridge / Portrait of a male Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) in spring in woodland on shooting estate, southern England, UK. April.

Neil Aldridge / Spaniel gundog hauling itself out of a lake carrying a dead female Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) shot during a winter country shoot on shooting estate, southern England, UK. January.

Neil Aldridge / Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male lies dead on the side of a road near shooting estate, southern England, UK. November. Of the millions of pheasants released into the British countryside...

Neil Aldridge / Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male standing among bluebells during spring in woodland on shooting estate, southern England, UK. April.

Neil Aldridge / Wet labrador gundog emerging from lake with a male Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) in its mouth during a winter shoot on shooting estate, southern England, UK. January.

Neil Aldridge / Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male displaying on a fallen log among bluebells on shooting estate, southern England, UK. April.

Neil Aldridge / Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male displaying on a fallen log, among bluebells during spring in woodland on shooting estate, southern England, UK. April.