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04-08-2007, 10:05 AM
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| |  I am lucky enough to have Deer visit my garden!
There is a family of Deer that are living in the woods very near to my garden - which backs onto it. I live in the middle of the wood, so the surrounding area is all beautiful woodland. The family have been there a year - (maybe more, but i've only lived here for a year) and this week I saw the Mother walking with two fouls through my garden! They make the same trek every morning - they enter the garden via the front, where they nibble the grass, then they make their way around to the back, where they have a nibble on my Raspberries, graze some more grass, then off home again, completing a circuit. They do all this at around 6am, it is lovely to see such wildlife right on my doorstep! |
04-08-2007, 10:14 AM
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| | | Re: I am lucky enough to have Deer visit my garden!
How wonderful, obviously you dont mind sharing your raspberries with them? |
04-08-2007, 10:15 AM
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| | | Re: I am lucky enough to have Deer visit my garden!
Hi
your very lucky indeed 
You should take some pictures to show us all how lucky you are.
jen xxx |
04-08-2007, 10:18 AM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Lake District
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| | | Re: I am lucky enough to have Deer visit my garden!
How Wonderful! I Love Spotting Deer - Especially Roe, There's Just Something Magic About Them - So Special Everytime You See One - I Am So Jealous! Definately Take Some Piccies - I Would Love To See Them (and Your Garden!)
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04-08-2007, 10:20 AM
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| |  Re: I am lucky enough to have Deer visit my garden!
I don't really mind sharing my raspberries, no! I have plenty, and they actually help to keep them at a sensible height for picking! They are there for the enjoyment of all. I have tried to get some pictures, but failed. Either the quality was awful, or the Deer would not stand still long enough to be photographed! I have thought about trying to make them more tame, maybe give them some sheep nuts or something, but I only think that this would make them more reliant on humans, and cause problems later on! |
04-08-2007, 10:31 AM
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| | | Re: I am lucky enough to have Deer visit my garden!
Quote:
Originally Posted by moonchild84  I don't really mind sharing my raspberries, no! I have plenty, and they actually help to keep them at a sensible height for picking! They are there for the enjoyment of all. I have tried to get some pictures, but failed. Either the quality was awful, or the Deer would not stand still long enough to be photographed! I have thought about trying to make them more tame, maybe give them some sheep nuts or something, but I only think that this would make them more reliant on humans, and cause problems later on! | Yes, a very good point. I suppose it's a case of patiently waiting for the ideal moment to use the camera? |
04-08-2007, 02:51 PM
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| |  Re: I am lucky enough to have Deer visit my garden!
I will get myself a good camera, and then sit and wait! We were even luckier one morning - a young Doe had got itself stuck in our courtyard - must've fallen from the forest down into it. We found it at 10am ish running around frantically trying to get out. Our presence scared it enough into jumping and clearing a 6 foot wall, scaling a corrugated roof, and was on it's way! I will get some pics of my garden, and hopefully the Deer too! |
04-08-2007, 05:27 PM
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| | | Re: I am lucky enough to have Deer visit my garden!
I have posted a link in General Wildlife to some pics of my house and garden et... if anyone's interested! There is a great pic which shows the position of my house in the woods! |
04-08-2007, 05:58 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kensworth, Bedfordshire (W/ends) and Huntingdon
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| | | Re: I am lucky enough to have Deer visit my garden!
Nice house and nice location - no wonder you get deer in your garden!
I don't get to see Roe deer very often, but yesterday I was lucky enough to see three in the first field I walked across at the start of a walk. I see Fallow deer quite frequently when I go walking, and Muntjacs seem to be quite common in this part of the country. I saw four Muntjacs on Wednesday, but then I was walking a mile or two from Woburn Abbey, where I believe a lot of them originated. |
05-08-2007, 05:27 PM
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| | | Re: I am lucky enough to have Deer visit my garden!
All I can say is lucky you.
I nearly always see a deer on my travels. Cant remember the last time i didnt.
Unfortunately with my camera i have to try to get close and yes you guessed it, bye bye mrs roe. Sometimes i have been fortunate to get a photo but usually its blurred or the deer is so far back in the picture. Perserverance  | | | |
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