Fallow Deer Rut

Fallow Deer Rut

A short and sweet video of me blabbering on about the fallow deer rut and a short clip of a Fallow buck on his rutting stand. Filmed on Saturday afternoon on Cannock Chase in Staffordshire.

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Why Can’t All Days Be Like This?

It’s a bright, cold morning with thick dew and a little frost on the tired autumn grass. We’ve come to a favourite spot in the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex. From our vantage point, looking north we can see for miles, right the way to the greensand ridge that borders the Weald. We’re in typical [...]

How you know when middle age has really struck!

A few years back the highlight of the festive season was the socialising and what have you. The highlight of my festive season this time round has been the silence. No, I haven’t moved to a monastery or become a hermit (yet) but have rather been enjoying the lack of noise. Less traffic, less aircraft (both [...]