Fallow Deer herd on Nazeing Common

[Denis]

There are quite a few Fallow Deer herds locally, they seem to live seperately with individual herds frequenting different areas. This particular small herd seem to have established themselves between a local wood and the farm on the common. The sunlight was kind yesterday resulting in some better shots.

 

 

 

Edited January 31, 2022 by Denis

[Ryewolf]

Great set Denis.

[CMunzel]

A great set, Dennis.

I was going to say it’s wonderful that the deer can move freely around but thought I’d check first if fallow deers are native to your area?
In Australia, deer are introduced and probably feral. #1 is my favourite.

What are the black birds? Crows? 

[Denis]

1 hour ago, CMunzel said:

A great set, Dennis.

I was going to say it’s wonderful that the deer can move freely around but thought I’d check first if fallow deers are native to your area?
In Australia, deer are introduced and probably feral. #1 is my favourite.

What are the black birds? Crows? 

There are both Crows and Jackdaws ( a grey patch on the head ) in the shot, two Jackdaws are on the Deers back.

According to Wiki, It is native to Turkey and possibly the Italian Peninsula, Balkan Peninsula, and the island of Rhodes in Europe, but has also been introduced int0 other parts of Europe and the rest of the world. But the Normans bought it to England after 1066, the species has since spread to nearly all of the UK.

[Clicker]

Lovely to see herds of deer  like this  that are  not being farmed .... I was looking to see if there were any obvious male deer ...I can see one youngster with what looks  like  a first year's set of little   antler stumps ... Do  herds of Fallow  deer  usually  have  one dominant  male  that   has to keep fighting off the  youngsters  every  year  in the rutting season  when their antlers  have  grown fully for that year . Strange that they lose them every year isn't  it  and they just grow back bigger the older  they are .   

A really nice set Denis ...they look like  you have their attention, especially in the first pic !   I think they've spotted you !