Deer in Velvet

 Over the last week and a bit we have had some brillaint deer action. One of the cameras was set up in a place it hasn't been in for a while, an old spot where we used to get loads of good footage. But before we go there we'll have a loomk at this brilliant footgae on the 25th of February of three deer out in the morning. You can also hear a woodpecker in the background of some of these clips.

It starts with a buck growing a brillaint pair of antlers that are still in velvet.

Then a different buck appeared with much smaller, stubbier antlers. Its not unusual in the winter for roe deer to form mixed groups that can have several young bucks that don't have an established territory yet. 

The bigger buck then came back on screen:

A third deer then arrives, this time a doe. 

Then the big buck comes back like they are going around in circles.

Then we get the young buck and the doe together as well.

The other buck followed shortly:

Here are two more good shots of the young buck:

A tiny glimpse of a fox's tail and this rat (behind a cobweb) were the only other notable things caught on this camera:

As for the other camera, we got two more deer on the first night, which I beleive to be the doe and the young buck or another doe.

This is another one of the doe:

Here is another one a few days later:

That's all for this week's post. Remember to leave a comment and thanks for reading.