Local roebuck a deer we have seen locally for a number of years so nice to see him again.
Local Buck.
Deer
Views from the South Down’s
The South Downs Way is one of 15 National Trails in England and Wales. It stretches from the once capital city of England and the cathedral city of Winchester in the West, nearly 100 miles to the city of Eastbourne in the East.
Further to my post yesterday focusing on Hares here are some further Hare photographs, views and other wildlife on the South Downs Way.
Roe Buck crossing the farmland.
More Brown Hare shots.
Red-legged partridge.
Trail camera footage.
OK it is not a David Attenborough production but our trail camera footage from the New Forest has griven us some interesting results. This post gives further clips of life around New Forest badger Setts, I hope you have time to take a look.
One clip shows good interaction between 2 badgers I hope some youngsters may be about later in the season. There is also a clip in day time of a passing herd of Fallow deer.
Camera collection.
A few pictures that I took while walking in the New Forest to collect our Badger sett trail cameras which had been out in the forest for a week.
A juvenile Fallow deer Buck. He will be a magnificent beast in a few years.
A small herd of juvenile Fallow deer hinds.
It was nice to see a Grey wagtail they are a relatively rare bird with a population of just 38,000 breeding pairs in the UK. They are, subsequently, classified as Red Status bird due to this low number.
Eye to eye.
A short walk in the New Forest this afternoon became one of those stand-out moments. Walking among flowering Gorse bushes turning a corner I came face to face with this Fallow Buck.
After a few seconds of watching each other, I was hoping he would let me raise my camera before running off or running at me! Not to worry he just looked at me allowing me to photograph him before I backed away and he walked off.
Roebuck.
New Forest Roebuck in velvet.
Less wild forest.
Sika deer with New Forest pony and Roe deer within a Sheep field.The less wild forest today!
Roe Deer.
Local Roebuck in velvet.
So all four UK main breeds of deer spotted this month all in Hampshire. Other 3 in my post below.
Ending the week in the New Forest.
Another end of a week with many visits to our local National park The New Forest. It has been a good week for deer watching which makes more pictures for today’s post. {so look away if you have had enough of my deer pictures!}
Today it was back to Fallow Deer a small herd of Bucks {although they are so magnificent I feel Stags would be a better name for this breed’s males}.
Fallow Bucks.
I also spotted a Fieldfare. They are a large, and colourful thrush this was the first time I was able to capture one in a picture.
Sika Deer.
Sika deer have a stronghold in the New Forest they are a close relative of the Red deer. Sika deer originate from eastern Asia and were introduced to the UK in 1860 In the New Forest, Sika were introduced to the Beaulieu Estate in 1900, and the New Forest population is one of the UK’s purest. Sika and Red Deer can interbreed so in the New Forest the 2 populations are separated by the main Bournemouth to Southampton railway line. Numbers are maintained at about 100.
This morning I was lucky to spot a herd of about 12 deer.
Continued Reflections from my World. 