Love soothes savage pheasant Phil
A barmy bird which was terrorising a Shropshire family is not such an unpleasant pheasant any more – after falling head over heels in love.
Sally-Ann Hudson, of Wentnor, near Bishop's Castle, christened him Phil and both she and her elderly parents had to take to arming themselves with badminton racquets to keep him at bay.
But he is now hen-pecked after becoming besotted with a female, and the delighted family say he has completely changed his ways.
Crazy tale of Phil the unpleasant pheasant
Sally-Ann said: "Phil's stalking and attacks had reached the point where he was becoming too much of a nuisance and we were discussing the possibility of relocating him.
"He scratched and pecked my dad's arm, drawing blood and leaving a nasty bruise, was squashing all mum's flower beds, and we could not go out without being armed with a badminton racquet .
"He was also pecking and attacking our red cars and no-one was in them, causing damage to the paint work. He had reached last chance saloon."
But when Sally-Ann returned home from work one day earlier this week, Phil was nowhere to be seen.
"Dad had been the last one to see him and Mum and I began to suspect him,"
"However at about 7pm Phil appeared in the back garden - complete with a girlfriend – it was almost as if he had brought his new conquest to show her off to us.
"Since then Phil has become besotted with his lady friend, and no longer hangs around the house.
"The two of them are inseparable and are having a lovely time wandering around side by side.
"Phil always comes back to the house for his corn bread and to say hello at about 7pm. It is lovely to see Phil so happy and acting more like a 'normal' pheasant."
