GINGER/BLONDE RABBIT

[Zoli 12 guage]

been staying at my step mothers house since Wednesday (till Sunday) dog sitting as she's currently in Barcelona on my niece's spinster do/bash.

anyhoo,been out with the border collie early doors this morning and saw 3 foxes and this little fella.

i've seen absolutely masses of black ones in my time but never one like this.there must have been at least 20 normal colour ones in the same part of the field

Edited May 17, 2024 by Zoli 12 guage

[amateur]

Escaped or dumped pet?

[ditchman]

with a title like that i just had to have a look....

[Zoli 12 guage]

22 minutes ago, ditchman said:

with a title like that i just had to have a look....

AND............you were disappointed 😁😁😁

[wymberley]

The only time I've seen the like was some 50 years ago and they were living under a Nissan hut on a RAF airfield in Scotland.

[London Best]

I don’t think a ginger rabbit is particularly uncommon. 
We had some on one particular shoot with which I was involved in the 1980’s. 
On that shoot some of the badgers were ginger too. Erithristic badgers.

[sportsbob]

1 hour ago, ditchman said:

with a title like that i just had to have a look....

And me 

[7daysinaweek]

It is remarkable, however, they do occur. I ferreted and lamped over one area for probably thirty years that had this very type of blonde rabbit in small numbers and to all purposes they were a wild rabbit with the exact same attributes apart from the aberration of them being a super sandy blonde. They had no white striping on them.

I can only think this would have been from gene that came though every now and then, as I say they were over the same patch for all them years.

They bolted and ran as wilduns, skinned as wilduns and tasted as wilduns.

As others have posted, I also have had quite a few black wild rabbits over the years and strangely they were always bucks. Referred to as a "parson" in some parts of the country.

[Bigbob]

Had loads of different coloured rabbits whilst lamping and ferreting never had a complete white one though 

[Zoli 12 guage]

2 minutes ago, 7daysinaweek said:

It is remarkable, however, they do occur. I ferreted and lamped over one area for probably thirty years that had this very type of blonde rabbit in small numbers and to all purposes they were a wild rabbit with the exact same attributes apart from the aberration of them being a super sandy blonde. They had no white striping on them.

I can only think this would have been from gene that came though every now and then, as I say they were over the same patch for all them years.

They bolted and ran as wilduns, skinned as wilduns and tasted as wilduns.

As others have posted, I also have had quite a few black wild rabbits over the years and strangely they were always bucks. Referred to as a "parson" in some parts of the country.

having spoken to a few people since this morning,there is a small population of the same type/colouring about 2 Kms away so if this one is alone it may have hopped (gerritt) the Wakefield to Barnsley bus😁😁😁

[7daysinaweek]

[ditchman]

ive seen a pure black one

[Zoli 12 guage]

8 hours ago, ditchman said:

ive seen a pure black one

seen loads and shot loads,there is a population on one of the golf courses I take care of and the odd one or two on various other permissions.