Red Deer Cervus elaphus stag muddy wallowing chasing hind tongue out testing hind oestrus during rutting season Minsmere RSPB

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Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) stag, muddy from wallowing, chasing hind, with tongue out testing hind in oestrus, during rutting season, Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Suffolk, England, october

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