What kind of pheasant is this?

bobbysands81

Thanks in advance.

alchemist33

A young Reeves pheasant. They're more colourful when older

locum-motion

Looks like a fairly normal hen pheasant to me, if perhaps a little bit darker than usual. So I'm thinking it's the hen of a melanistic strain of Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus). Of course, I could be miles off...

locum-motion

Alchemist posted while I was typing. Looks like I was miles off. Sorry!

Half-cocked

I saw some Reeves pheasants in Johnstown Castle recently, this does look like one.

bobbysands81

Half-cocked wrote: »

I saw some Reeves pheasants in Johnstown Castle recently, this does look like one.

That’s exactly where I took the photo today.

It was almost as tame as the peacocks who will feed from your hand.

Saw a young hare today as well... a few woodpeckers are in the area too.

dodderangler

bobbysands81 wrote: »

That’s exactly where I took the photo today.

It was almost as tame as the peacocks who will feed from your hand.

Saw a young hare today as well... a few woodpeckers are in the area too.

That’s why I stopped shooting pheasants. They’re all feckin tame. They’re handreared around humans. No sport involved in shooting them.

wexandproud

bobbysands81 wrote: »

That’s exactly where I took the photo today.

It was almost as tame as the peacocks who will feed from your hand.

Saw a young hare today as well... a few woodpeckers are in the area too.

sounds like your from the area . The Deerpark is where i heard the cuckoo a while back . woodpecker [ i think ] down there too
Saw a weasel there last week just by the little bridge

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

wexandproud wrote: »

sounds like your from the area . The Deerpark is where i heard the cuckoo a while back . woodpecker [ i think ] down there too
Saw a weasel there last week just by the little bridge

I assume it was a Stoat rather than a Weasel.

wexandproud

Vaughn Famous Recipe wrote: »

I assume it was a Stoat rather than a Weasel.

no expert , so quiet possible . little brown fella , black tip on tail

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

wexandproud wrote: »

no expert , so quiet possible . little brown fella , black tip on tail

Yes, black tip = Stoat.
And we don't have weasels here. Although all part of the Weasel or Mustela family,

A weasel is weasely recognised while a Stoat is stoately different.

wexandproud

Vaughn Famous Recipe wrote: »

Yes, black tip = Stoat.
And we don't have weasels here. Although all part of the Weasel or Mustela family,

A weasel is weasely recognised while a Stoat is stoately different.

thanks for that . learn something every day .
I always heard them being referred to as weasels by farmers and I just presumed it to be so .
haven't heard of Mink been seen in a long time down here . no harm i suppose I believe they cause havoc

bobbysands81

wexandproud wrote: »

thanks for that . learn something every day .
I always heard them being referred to as weasels by farmers and I just presumed it to be so .
haven't heard of Mink been seen in a long time down here . no harm i suppose I believe they cause havoc

Seen a mink around Piercestown (beside St Martin’s) almost 3 years ago now.

wexandproud

bobbysands81 wrote: »

Seen a mink around Piercestown (beside St Martin’s) almost 3 years ago now.

its been at least that since i heard them mentioned , there was a huge problem with them years ago when there was a mink farm on the south slob and some , i'll call them ''activists '', [anti fur farm or something] iirc broke in and released a lot of them