Red Deer
Red Deer / cervus elaphus. Wollaton Park, Nottinghamshire. 07/10/18.
Another image of the stag with the eye injury -
*(the eye on the far side, not visible).
He had chosen to isolate himself from rutting activities that were taking place elsewhere in the deer park.
This image was made seven days after I had originally found him. On first sighting the eye had looked very red and sore. This time it looked a lot less angry, the swelling had gone down and there was no sign of infection. He had made himself a shallow mud wallow which he would urinate in and scrape with his hooves and antlers occasionally. Although he had chosen isolation, he was obviously aware of distant stags' calls and responded to them by bellowing himself.
I'm hoping it's a case of temporarily down but not out, and he will engage in the rut before too long.
Red Deer
Red Deer / cervus elaphus. Wollaton Park, Nottinghamshire. 07/10/18.
Another image of the stag with the eye injury -
*(the eye on the far side, not visible).
He had chosen to isolate himself from rutting activities that were taking place elsewhere in the deer park.
This image was made seven days after I had originally found him. On first sighting the eye had looked very red and sore. This time it looked a lot less angry, the swelling had gone down and there was no sign of infection. He had made himself a shallow mud wallow which he would urinate in and scrape with his hooves and antlers occasionally. Although he had chosen isolation, he was obviously aware of distant stags' calls and responded to them by bellowing himself.
I'm hoping it's a case of temporarily down but not out, and he will engage in the rut before too long.