{"id":116762,"date":"2020-05-29T22:59:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/birds-of-a-white-feather-flock-together\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T23:05:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:05:16","slug":"birds-of-a-white-feather-flock-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/birds-of-a-white-feather-flock-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds of a white feather flock together"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAfter the Labour peer David Clark said he had spotted an albino pheasant for the first time in 75 years of bird-watching, readers respond with their own sightingsWe were surprised when an albino pheasant (Letters, 22 May) took up residence with our seven domestic chickens last year. They seemed to coexist happily for a few weeks, sharing the same food, although the pheasant roosted elsewhere. We\u2019ve not seen it this year and don\u2019t know what happened to it.Stephen RossHigh Biggins, Cumbria\u2022 Last year I saw an albino pheasant occasionally on walks through local countryside. The last time I saw it, it was among several other pheasants hanging in the back of a gamekeeper\u2019s quad cycle after a shoot. How jolly unsporting, I thought!Alex AllanGore End, Hampshire Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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