Tell it like it is...

derelict · #1 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008, 02:46 PM

I have a picture of the same animal from 23rd June and the entire vertical portion of the antlers from the junction up has been put on since then. Spectacular stuff and he's not quite done yet.

Sadly he didn't hang round for a second shot, no autographs etc. etc. Part of an unusually unfulfilling afternoon in the park with much of the wildlife lying up in the bracken (including the largest tick I've seen this year which was rather too keen for my tastes!)

At one point though there were 5 kestrels hovering in a line across the northern meadow - a bit like beaters on a shoot - but my camera is simply not up to such things! They weren't after the winged ant alates which formed a cloud along one of the paths - I heard an african couple calling them 'termites'.

tameblackbirds · #2 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008, 02:57 PM

Great picture he appears to be looking straight at you!

shei111 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008, 08:12 PM

Lovely pic I love his velvet antlers shei

deer boy · #4 (**permalink**) 02-08-2008, 12:02 AM

Great pic derelict what time was it taken?

derelict · #5 (**permalink**) 02-08-2008, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by deer boy

:what time was it taken?

About 10 at night on the way out - they have these notices next to all the gates. Sadly there is no equivalent for motorists and I have a horrible suspicion that another of the biggest fallow bucks - a really good one, much better than Junior here - has gone the way of Mooseboy in the past week but I'm keeping my fingers crossed! I noticed that I'm still calling this one "Junior" ... he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer ...