Zoli 12 guage Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 (edited) 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 by Zoli 12 guage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Escaped or dumped pet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 with a title like that i just had to have a look.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoli 12 guage Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 22 minutes ago, ditchman said: with a title like that i just had to have a look.... AND............you were disappointed 😁😁😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsbob Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, ditchman said: with a title like that i just had to have a look.... And me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Had loads of different coloured rabbits whilst lamping and ferreting never had a complete white one though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoli 12 guage Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 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😁😁😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ditchman Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 ive seen a pure black one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoli 12 guage Posted May 19 Author Report Share Posted May 19 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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