Red Deer DSC_2346
Red Deer / cervus elaphus. Wollaton Park, Nottinghamshire. 11/12/17.
'TRUE COLOURS'.
A young stag allowing his true colours to come shining through in yesterdays glorious winter sun.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
He was completely on his own and spent nearly the whole time grazing a snow-free area of vegetation. Shortly after I made the image, he lay down and started to ruminate. Deer feeding follows a strict pattern - firstly, grazing/browsing plant material for up to 3 hours, then 'lying up' to chew the cud or ruminate.
Now the rut is over for another year, stags and does have gone their separate ways in the park. The stags I'm seeing at the moment are either solitary or in 2-3's. Eventually larger bachelor groups will form and all the testosterone rivalry of the breeding season will be forgotten as harmony between the animals prevails.
Red Deer DSC_2346
Red Deer / cervus elaphus. Wollaton Park, Nottinghamshire. 11/12/17.
'TRUE COLOURS'.
A young stag allowing his true colours to come shining through in yesterdays glorious winter sun.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
He was completely on his own and spent nearly the whole time grazing a snow-free area of vegetation. Shortly after I made the image, he lay down and started to ruminate. Deer feeding follows a strict pattern - firstly, grazing/browsing plant material for up to 3 hours, then 'lying up' to chew the cud or ruminate.
Now the rut is over for another year, stags and does have gone their separate ways in the park. The stags I'm seeing at the moment are either solitary or in 2-3's. Eventually larger bachelor groups will form and all the testosterone rivalry of the breeding season will be forgotten as harmony between the animals prevails.