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Two red deer stags standing in a pond
17. June 2025, Wildlife
Two young red deer stags were standing in one of our ponds drinking. This was 9:20 p.m. so the natural light photo is of lower quality than it might have been in bright daylight.
Generally, other than during the rutting season, red deer have separate herds for the males and females. Around here we usually see a female herd (which may include some male young) up up to about 17 individuals. To see two stags together has been unusual here.
It's warm dry weather. The red deer have visited this stream in this position a few times in the last couple of weeks.
Red deer are quite commonly seen here, by day or by night
04. March 2024, Wildlife
We can see the local red deer any time of year, but most frequently in the spring.
Sometimes we see them naked-eye in in the daytime, sometimes close and sometimes far away. We also catch them on wildlife/security cameras at night.
Here are a few such photos from different dates. Also a daytime video from a solar-powered camera mounted on a tree adjacent to a gully, and a night-time video of a herd of deer within 20 yards of our house.
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