Fallow deer on Bradgate Park
2 Fallow deer, on Bradgate Park Leicester, it was a hot summers day, and many people about, but these deer are not afraid to be close to people. Close by, a meandering stream winds it's way in the background. Bradgate was first enclosed as a deer park around 800 years ago. Fallow Deer The adult Fallow Deer bucks are prized for their ornamental value in deer parks. The Fallow is unique amongst deer in having many colour varieties, ranging from nearly black to almost white as well as the more common brown with white spots. Fallow bucks spend most of the year in separate all male groups away from the female herds. They come together during the autumn breeding season when the bucks move into the traditional rutting areas and attract and hold a group of female does in an area known as a “rutting stand” and fight to keep off would be contenders. The rut starts in October and subsides in early November when the buck groups slowly reform. Fallow does give birth to a single spotted fawn (twins are a rarity) in late May/early June. The young Fawns are suckled by the mother for some seven months. Bucks typically carry flattened antlers (or blades). Every year these are shed in the early spring and new antlers are grown from April through to June. By August the antlers are fully formed, ready for use in the rut and the bucks carry them through the winter and into the following spring.
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Location: Bradgate Park, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Kelvin Griffiths / Alamy / Afripics
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