Red Deer at Wollaton Park

[glsammy]

We went yet again to Wollaton Park in Nottingham, hoping to see the Red Deer. On previous visits we'd managed to see a group of young males, a group of females with young and lone Stags.
Today we were in for a real treat as part of the breeding herd were very close for a change!

Here's some of the many shots I managed to get.

This is the Stag, and very busy he was!



This is him bringing a wandering female back into line.



He was fancying his chances here:



The chase was on:



She was having none of it.



You can sense the frustration!



One of the rarer relaxed moments.




This more than made up for a poor start to the day, with the weather yet again defying the forecasters.

One last one:

[mh68]

Superb Graham.Pick of them has to be the second and last ones for me but all of them are first class.Closest I got to a Deer today was a Roe that spooked after seeing me from about 100yds across the field Think I need to borrow Harry Potters invisibility cloak to get shots like yours up here)

Mark H

[glsammy]

Thanks Mark.

[HARIMAU1610]

Brilliant series of shots Graham I have commented on my fav in the Gallery.

Ian

[Deer Stalker]

Did they let you in early then Graham?

[jennyb]

More fantastic shots, Graham. I especially like the last one.

Jenny

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Deer Stalker

Did they let you in early then Graham?

No need, the Deer were kind enough to come to me!

[DuncanE]

Great pics...

Looks very similar to what I witnessed last weekend at Richmond Park. All the males trying hard and getting no where fast. No fights either, just a lot of bellowing. One shouting match between 2 males ended up with all the females going from one to the other. I'll have to post the pics I took.

[Interpreter]

I shall be paying a visit to Wollaton Park tomorrow, Tuesday. The weather forecast looks reasonable. I hope that the deer are as obliging tomorrow.

[Meles meles]

looks like a good day out, great pics