mbaldw

Marc.

Since my dog died, i haven't been out as much as usual so i do not have a current picture of the situation, but will ask a forest keeper who is a good friend as soon as i can to get an updated picture, will let you know what he has to say.

Ian

Forgot to mention Marc Royden nature reserve wardens name is Mike Boxhall.

Hi Marc, funny you should mention that, i did have that tagged as subscribed but never got any notification of new replies, until i was clearing out a few today and noticed the thread highlighted, i didn't realise you had commented, anyway, i have now replied.

Ian

Thanks for friendship request Marc, duly added.

Ian

You are more than welcome Marc pleased to be of help, just a thought, if you cannot find any, suggest you drop in to the wardens place and ask him if he knows any other favorite places for the Deer, he is a really nice chap and will be pleased to help you, his place is easily identified by the workshop/garage on the right of his drive near the road with another building just behind it, there are always a few landrovers scattered around as well as he and me are both Landy fanatics, except mine is now broken.

Regards

ian (BK)

Hi mbaldw, sorry for late to reply to you, only just noticed your message.

Regarding Royden, the best place i have found for viewing Deer is as follows, from the Lymington direction A337 at the Latchmoor junction, turn right onto Royden lane just before the Hobbler pub, keep going straight down the lane, you will pass several houses including the reserve wardens house which is set back, some way further on, probably 1/4 mile its easy to miss a small path on the left marked by a short white post with a number on it, if you walk down the path, (quite a steep slope) you will find a small stream at the bottom with sleeper footbridge, anywhere around that area you may come across the Deer, they often are found to the right of the stream on the open ground.
If there are non there, you could always try walking up the slope the other side of the bridge, where the track turns sharply to the right, about 300 yards further on they are often tucked away amongst the bracken on the left.


BK

That would be a great addition to your website, Marc. Don't know if your ever-increasing in-tray would feel the same(!), but it'd be worth the wait :-) I’m sure there must be many folk out there who would welcome such info at their fingertips instead of having to google countless sites for snippets here and there.

Don't forget, if you need any help with proofreading, just shout, I’m only too happy to help. Which reminds me, how’s the fox update coming along? :-o

Thanks a million, Marc. N xx

No problem Marc, it's packed full of interesting stuff :-)

Hi Marc

Thanks for your kind words. I'd actually found my way onto your site a few times before I went through WAB and its a great read. Thanks as well for the fantastic description on your sites links page :)