Out last night.

Out on the rabbits again last night. Much better night as very dark and a bit breeze.
Wasn't long before my game bag was full and had to go back to the motor to offload which I ended up doing 3 times. Hard work when you are on your own and on a remote hillside.
Anyway I struggled on until I ran out of energy , 36 rabbits 10 hares 1 rat 😁
3 black ones tonight...

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Out on the rabbits again last night. Much better night as very dark and a bit breeze.
Wasn't long before my game bag was full and had to go back to the motor to offload which I ended up doing 3 times. Hard work when you are on your own and on a remote hillside.
Anyway I struggled on until I ran out of energy , 36 rabbits 10 hares 1 rat 😁
3 black ones tonight...

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A cracking haul there.
 
Out on the rabbits again last night. Much better night as very dark and a bit breeze.
Wasn't long before my game bag was full and had to go back to the motor to offload which I ended up doing 3 times. Hard work when you are on your own and on a remote hillside.
Anyway I struggled on until I ran out of energy , 36 rabbits 10 hares 1 rat 😁
3 black ones tonight...

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I assume that at some point in the past a black pet rabbit has bred with the local wild ones?

Many, many years ago when I was living in N Wales, I would sometimes be working on Anglesey and in the early mornings would drive past a particular field and see perhaps a dozen or more black rabbits.
 
I assume that at some point in the past a black pet rabbit has bred with the local wild ones?

Many, many years ago when I was living in N Wales, I would sometimes be working on Anglesey and in the early mornings would drive past a particular field and see perhaps a dozen or more black rabbits.
I believe in some areas black rabbits were introduced by local keepers to see how myxamatosis was progressing and to get a rough idea of survival numbers. We used to see a few groups in Galloway over the years so I assumed that a number had thrived and continued to pass on the black gene. I've also seen a number of wild/dutch hybrids so obviously someone has got fed up with their pets and released them....
 
I assume that at some point in the past a black pet rabbit has bred with the local wild ones?

Many, many years ago when I was living in N Wales, I would sometimes be working on Anglesey and in the early mornings would drive past a particular field and see perhaps a dozen or more black rabbits.
Nothing to do with rabbits bu this post reminded me about something we thought unusual in Wales near Aberdaron.
‘20 years ago we were driving back to Aberdaron from Pwllheli and passing a field where I’d frighten pigeons at the right time of year we stopped to count the buzzards in that one field that was ready for drilling.
There were 14, all standing upright like statues!
We called in at the farm to tell the farmer and he’d already seen them and in all the years he’d been farming he’d never seen anything like that before.
We had no ideas as to why they would do that.
Doubt it will be seen again.
Has anyone else seen such a thing?
Normally in that area you could expect to see the odd couples soaring as you drove along and odd ones on leccy post tops by the roadside.
Ken.
 
I assume that at some point in the past a black pet rabbit has bred with the local wild ones?

Many, many years ago when I was living in N Wales, I would sometimes be working on Anglesey and in the early mornings would drive past a particular field and see perhaps a dozen or more black rabbits.
Over the years I've had all colours ...black , silver ,ginger , white collars 20200118_203827-600x1234.jpg
 
Out rabbit shooting again last night but on a different farm. On arrival the half moon came out and made the place like daylight together with a gusting wind made it tricky.
Started off slow but as the night progressed the moon became hidden and the wind dropped a bit and I started getting into a few.
Shot another black one too.

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