pheasant

Schwarzman, who usually arrives by helicopter, also bought the farm next door to host pheasant and partridge shoots.

Mr Hughes said it was known that pheasants presented a risk of infecting wild birds, "some of which are threatened at a national level".

If you preferred food with legs, there was roast pheasant and, of course, steak.

Mrs Deamer said when Snowy "landed" at their home near Luton, it jumped next door, but when they started putting out food for the pheasant, it came back.

And Ernest he was, writing in the morning, hiking the lush seaside overlooks in the afternoon, maybe bagging a pheasant or two with “Two-Gun” Cohen, and entertaining in the evenings at the bar.