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Happy Caturday 8.10.2022 "Eyes"

In loving memory of wonderful Sika.

Lens: SIGMA 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro

On The Spinc, Glendalough 18 Oct 2022

At RSPB Arne

On The Spinc, Glendalough 28 Jul 2020

On The Spinc, Glendalough 13 Feb 2023

On The Spinc, Glendalough 05 Oct 2021

On The Spinc, Glendalough 29 Nov 2022

On The Spinc, Glendalough 21 Sep 2021

In Glendaough 05 Nov 2021

If you like shooting deer (with your camera!), the Woburn Abbey Deer Park is the place to be. 7 different species so literally hundreds of deer roaming in herds throughout this large grassed and forested area. These are Manchurian Sika Deer (Cervus nippon mantchuricus or Cervus nippon dybowskii) which are one of several non-native to the UK species that reside there.

In Glendalough 10 Sep 2020

On The Spinc, Glendalough 28 Apr 2021

On The Spinc Glendalough 11 Oct 2022

On The Spinc, Glendalough 16 Aug 2022

On The Spinc, Glendalough 14 Dec 2021

On The Spinc, Glendalough

On The Spinc, Glendalough 08 Jun 2020

These deer were outside our B&B in Killarney, Ireland.

On The Spinc, Glendalough 27 Mar 2023

On The Spinc, Glendalough 21 Jul 2020

On The Spinc, Glendalough

Cervus nippon

Sunset Seeker Sika

Please excuse the pun

Sika hind at sunset, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset

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At RSPB Arne

the most beautiful tomcat of Hohenlohe - and he knows that :-)

Lens: SIGMA 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro

Taken RSPB Arne, Wareham, Dorset

On The Spinc, Glendalough

On The Spinc, Glendalough

You can't see me !!!!!!!!!!!

First light, Bowland

On The Spinc, Glendalough 25 Jul 2023

Cervus nippon yesoensis

Already sporting its winter coat this sika deer stag didn't seem too impressed with the rut show the red deer stags put on. :o)

the most beautiful tomcat of Hohenlohe - and he knows that :-)

Lens: SIGMA 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro

Cervus nippon

Studley Royal Deer Park, North Yorkshire

Sika deer are native to eastern Asia but were introduced to deer parks in the UK in 1860. They are now found in scattered populations across the UK, with the greatest numbers in Scotland. There are also significant populations in Cumbria, Dorset and the New Forest.

For some reason this sika deer stag perceived me as a threat to his harem. He kept watching me closely, always walking away and then coming back again, posing as though he was ready to charge at me.