Red Deer (Cervus elaphus). Spring emergent fronds of Buckler Fern (Dryopteris sp. ) eaten down to ground level by hungry animals

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Red Deer (Cervus elaphus). Spring emergent fronds of Buckler Fern (Dryopteris sp. ) eaten down to ground level. Calthorpe Broad. SSSI. Norfolk.

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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
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