Buck Roe Deer Portraits

A nice pair of Roe Deer at Longrock fields early AM today and this time it was a good buck in the company of one of the females and both of them spent most of their time seeking out their favourite Dot leafs

Having seen a couple of females yesterday I worked very quietly on the very alert Male from the hedgerow and managed some nice portraits and behaviour shots for around thirty minutes before he eventually picked up on my shutter firing !

From then on he was always moving slowly away taking the female with him while leaving me watching two tail ends until they left the field at the far end.

Longrock Roe Deer

These shaggy looking Doe Roe Deer which are shedding their winter coats were showing well at Longrock fields in very low light levels this morning.

The fields were ploughed and re-grassed recently and the return of the deer comes along with the regrowth of their favoured Dot leaf which should now be available throughout the summer,

We now need a few brighter early mornings and a new red summer coat on the deer to show them at their best.

Taking a wee break !

Looking at this female, Come June we hope to see a few kids arriving on the scene as well

Longrock Fox on the Prowl

I dropped into Longrock early AM this morning on the look out for Roe deer kids but no show today.

A small flock of a dozen or so Curlew arrived while I was there and all landed somewhere near the middle of the field.

Within a few minutes a young Dog Fox also arrived on the scene from the  Marazion marsh direction.

It spent thirty minutes skirting around two sides of the field hedgerow trying to find a route through to the curlew that provided some sort of cover to allow him to get in closer.

But the Curlew had played this game with the local fox's before and that is why they always stay well away from the hedgerows at all times.

Realising that the game was up the fox back tracked towards Marazion looking for greener pastures.