Deer, Birds, But No Badgers

 I put the camera out by the badger set again this time. However, we got no badgers. It has been extremely stormy and rainy though lately so that is probably why - they often stay in the set over extremely rainy periods. The camera has also only been out for 4 days as I didn't want it to be out in a huge storm coming tomorrow ( it is April 8th at the time of writing this). While I was on my way to pick it up I saw a fox but I couldn't get a good photo (what I did manage to get is coming in a future post). However, you might have noticed that there are deer in this post - which certainly made up for the lack of badgers. But first, let's see what other creatures there were. We got loads of mice videos, but I can't really be bothered to show them to you as they are all just videos of them scurrying past.

Dunnock

A new bird for the blog, the dunnock. Chances are you have seen one of these in your garden.

Great Tit

We got a few photos and videos of the great tit, including this one of it attacking the camera.

Blue Tit

Usually a nicer and prettier bird, however this one looked a bit bedraggled.

Blackbird

Squirrel

Roe Deer

For the 6th time, the roe deer have been caught on camera again. Click here for more background on the deer and where they came from. they have been on my camera more since that post, including this one. Even more surprisingly is that we got them on two different days.

On the third day the camera was out, we got a video of it walking up the slope.

The next day we got one again, this time walking right in front of the camera. From the split-second you can see it's head, you can see it has no antlers meaning it is a female.

Five minutes later, we got another, but this one had antlers so it was a male. It is not rutting season, so I can't think of any reason that a male would follow a female. My guess is that it is just luck. There are only three deer in the woods that I know of (and the woods are quite small - It is surprising that the deer are there). There are two females and one male. At some times of the year, they will all be together, but most of the time the male is on his own and the females are in a pair. I also think that the male travels around the woods more, as we seem to get him more often.  Anyway, here is the footage.

That is all for today's post. Remember to leave a comment and thanks for reading!