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University of Exeter researchers found pheasants are the bird species most likely to be run over on UK roads. Between 2013 and 2016 38.1% of reported road kill birds were pheasants.

While the researchers had expected to see an increase in the proportion of pheasants being killed they were surprised to find it was consistent with the rate of attrition found in the 1960s.

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