Farm Animal Conundrum

[Devonian]

Devon and Somerset has its fair share of wild boar already, and the numbers are increasing which is great!

But this is something I've recently been giving some thought to, as I own a small woodland and have been thinking if there is anything that I could introduce to the woods to form a wild colony of whatever.....

There is no grazing for rabbits; chickens would be taken by foxes; pigs/boar would wonder off; same with deer (which already visit anyway).

So I was thinking about pheasants or some other small game bird???? But again foxes would be an issue, and I'm not sure how well they would survive on their own? Obviously wild pheasants exist throughout the countryside, but in most woods gamekeepers would feed and look after/rear them, so I'm not really sure how feasible it would be to try and establish a wild colony/flock of pheasants?