Chicken scaring away pheasants

My hen, Willow, used to hate when animals entered "her" garden. Many times, I saw her scaring away grey squirrels, magpies and particularly pheasants. Below are a series of pictures showing her in action.
You see a male pheasant escorting his females. They like to come here to eat the seeds fallen from the bird feeder and take a bath in my hens' self-made mud baths.

The females are cleaning themselves under the male's watchful eye

The female in the middle has just shaken herself and you can see a little
cloud of dust behind her

Willow has seen the unwelcome guests and slowly makes her way towards the male... 

... picking things off the floor as if nothing was wrong.
But, the male looks worried and walks away.

Willow gets ready to pounce

She is going after the male which quickly runs away

The attack was successful as the male has disappeared.

Silly Willow!

Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding its young

Below is a small clip showing a Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding its young in our back garden. This was taken in June 2013.
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Don't you think it is a bit like going to McDonald's for a quick take out?