Fowl Play in Oxford

Not pheasant to see first thing in the morning


Less than a month after four Brookes freshers were disciplined for plucking and storing pheasants in halls, it seems the craze for residential game aging has spread to Oxford proper.

An eagle-eyed fresher at St. Edmund Hall spotted the four birds airing on the fourth floor of a college building earlier this morning, claiming it was “possibly the most Oxford thing I’ve yet seen at Oxford.”

[Insert bird pun here]

The brutalist 1970s accommodation block, infamous within the college for being the tallest such building in Oxford without a lift, is mostly lived in by first years.

 

It is thought that the birds are being aged on the balcony of a third year, on behalf of two friends.

The birds as of yet remain unplucked, despite at least one of the perpetrators allegedly being taught how to do so at his school RGS Guildford. Whether this spat of game aging is a results of the £9000 fees is currently unknown.

While St. Edmund Hall regulations say nothing about game specifically, it is forbidden to store items on external ledges.

Despite being the oldest educational establishment in Oxford University, Teddy Hall notably lacks a game larder.