A day in the life of the current stag in charge of his harem and littles... Roaring was a regular occurrence as there were bachelor groups on the periphery.

Red deer -stag photographed at Bushy Park.

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A group of Red Deer think they have spotted me, but they are not quite sure. Woodmancote, West Sussex - October 2020.

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and one of his hinds

A lone Red Deer Stag strolls through its territory during an early morning sunrise.

Stag frantically digging up mud at the edge of a lake to cover its antlers before dressing them in vegetation. Not sure if this is to impress the ladies or threaten other males in the rut.

Many people round here tolerate the deer spending all day on their front lawn. Mind they do seem to keep the grass nice and tidy. Fuck all flowers and shrubs left though

Bullseye shot from the driver's seat in the wilds of Kingairloch. I was almost too close

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© Geoff Mahiques

Red stag during rutting season, tatton park.

A stunning morning in a stunning location. As Phil (of The Pine Marten Retreat) says "Why don't tourists come here in December?" No midges?...........

I found deer droppings, in the enclosed back garden, barely 10 feet from our house this evening. That surprised me as we have a tall deer fence round our garden, but perhaps it got into a neighbour's garden and then leapt the dividing fence. I'll put the trail camera out tonight to see what we get.

In the meantime I must take Effie for a walk in the dark through the 'paddock' at the front of the house. With my headtorch on I find it unnerving with all the pairs of yellow eyes looking at me.. I go "Shoo!" but they don't Shoo, knowing they are safe hidden in the dark.

Saying, "That's as close as you get. Any nearer and I'm off!" Well, the light was poor, the drizzle slowly damping things down, crummy lens on my camera, and then he turned and was gone to join the herd of 40+ individuals scattered further across the moor in the background. Well, I had been warned.

It's getting to the time of year where we have deer all over the place round here. Last night I saw 20-30 run away and jump over a fence together, in one fluent movement, a bit like I remember the horses in the Grand national doing, and no fallers. I was too slow to anticipate what they were going to do so no picture to show you

cropped on this one

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Ray, a drop of golden sun

Me, a name, I call myself

(No, I know the notes are Do, Re, Mi....)

This close to wild nature in Ardnamurchan

Not the sharpest shot I've ever taken but I had to grab my camera & take this quickly, in poor light, as the herd were getting spooked & about to run off.

Another of the lovely deer from our visit to Knole Park. Thanks for viewing 💕

Red Deer Alberta

© Geoff Mahiques

© Geoff Mahiques

red deer on a very early morning looking into the sun at dunwich heath

Tatton.