Pesky Flies and Bloodstained Velvet During early August most mature red deer stags will have completed regrowth of their antlers. The protective highly vascular velvety skin that supplied oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone over the past months now starts to dry out and decay, attracting numerous flies. Stags may become more difficult to…
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The Spectacle of the autumn Deer Rut
The Autumn Deer Rut: One of Nature’s greatest spectacles.
How did the red deer cross the road ?
VLog on filming Red deer crossing the busy A39 road in Somerset, and often casual nature deer cross roads , not least post Lockdown leading to many near misses and collisions.
Velvet Stags and Spotted Calves
The Red deer Year: July Velvet Stags and Spotted Calves. In July wild red deer stags are at their most tolerant of each other. Many will join all-male bachelor groups, commonly 5 to 15 strong, though occasionally – as in the video clip below – much larger aggregations may be seen. Meanwhile, young red deer…
Wild Exmoor stag learns to use antlers as tools
The wily Exmoor stag that learned to use his antlers as tools When researching and filming red deer in the urban fringe over the past two years (see my previous blog) one particular stag always stood out for his intelligence, dexterity and constant twinkle in his eye ! In one video clip featured widely on…
How far do red deer stags migrate to rut
When watching the spectacle of the wild red deer rut, have you too at times wondered just how far each of the different stags that turn up at the rutting grounds have travelled in their search for females and to establish a harem to defend? Outside of the mating season wild red deer stags tend…
How do deer cross Britain’s busiest motorway ?
Despite our ever-increasing human population, expanding road networks and urban sprawl, deer have adapted to living within major cities including the like of Sheffield, Edinburgh, and Southampton. Even more surprising is the number of deer that now inhabit London Boroughs inside the M25 orbital motorway- one of Europe’s busiest roads. How they manage to avoid…