tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649184911586395503.post6500830066200289185..comments2023-09-13T06:31:58.169-07:00Comments on Ceri's Natural World: Deer dramaCerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909102057844594501noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649184911586395503.post-19311232633281920642013-08-23T23:16:14.763-07:002013-08-23T23:16:14.763-07:00One of the Isle of Wight's best kept secrets i...One of the Isle of Wight's best kept secrets is that we have a small number of Red Deer living and breeding in the wild. They are very shy and secretive and far more difficult to spot than any farmed deer. Scientific studies have shown that when deer are at low numbers such as we have on the island their browsing and grazing can enhance biodiversity by creating valuable woodland edge mosaics of grassy and shrubby understorey favourable to some of the other rare mammals that we have here including red squirrels, hazel dormouse and woodland batsTimhttp://www.timbrayford.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649184911586395503.post-86469084844658027102009-11-22T12:12:53.052-08:002009-11-22T12:12:53.052-08:00We get quite a lot of Roe deer around this area, u...We get quite a lot of Roe deer around this area, unfortunately there is starting to be quite a few killed on the road now. So there is talk of having a cull.Alcester nature photography.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00628188261684629880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649184911586395503.post-3054457827481776382009-10-21T11:45:10.372-07:002009-10-21T11:45:10.372-07:00I was walking with my daddy in the woods late in t...I was walking with my daddy in the woods late in the evening about two weeks ago, and we heard all the stags roaring all around us even though we couldn't see them. It was really strange and a little bit scary. It sounded a bit like a moo, like you said.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04113574905153510838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649184911586395503.post-52138172138346906082009-10-21T05:06:49.573-07:002009-10-21T05:06:49.573-07:00Earlier this month I visited the Royal Parks and s...Earlier this month I visited the Royal Parks and saw rutting red deer at both Bushy Park and Richmond Park. Whilst I fully endorse the view that going it alone is more fun; if you can't do that for whatever reason, at these and other deerparks these spectacular sights can be seen - and heard - without even leaving the car if you are so inclined. <br /><br />Here on the Isle of Wight we have no deer at all so I was delighted and excited to get such a display. Well worth the visit.The Virtual Rangerhttp://naturenet.net/blogsnoreply@blogger.com