Thursday 21 July 2022

Oh Deer!

Mick had to be up at 4.30am yesterday to travel to Basingstoke for a meeting, it's a long way from Leeds, it takes over four hours each way when the traffic's good. He didn't arrive home until after 8pm, he'd spent a long time cooped up in the car, so we decided to take Archie for a short walk so that Mick, as well as Archie, could stretch his legs.

There's a lane at the end of our street which is quiet and we walk Archie there. Cars can travel along the first part and then it turns into a track for walkers. Farmland runs alongside and last night we thought we were seeing things when we looked out upon the field and saw a deer.

We were watching it for quite a while and it was happy to just stand there, gazing around.

We know there's deer around but it's very rare we see them. I'll be watching out on our dog walks now to see if we see any more.

13 comments:

  1. Always a treat to spot deer and remember that we do have some larger animals in this country even though they are so rarely seen

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  2. Amazing! I wonder if the deer was cool in the field? If that crop was wafting in the wind, you'd think it would be cool!

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  3. What a wonderful surprise. Xx

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  4. That was a very long day. Lucky you seeing a deer, and taking pictures of it. I hope you get to see it again. xx

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  5. What a lovely sight, It looks so content standing in the middle of the field of wheat, seeing that would have made my day. 😊

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  6. How lovely and maybe you'll see him again when out walking. We very occasionally see them in our area, but of course they are not native to Oz, so is more unusual for us. Take care & hugs.

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  7. That's a long time to be in a car ...
    Good idea to enjoy an evening walk and how lovely to see the deer, nice to see your photographs.

    All the best Jan

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  8. We have deer everywhere here on the Oregon coast, and now we have lots of fawns as well.

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  9. What a fabulous sight so close to home. I hope these deer are smart enough/nervous enough not to come anywhere near your garden. An American friend has deer come through her garden and over the years they have destroyed what was once a botanical masterpiece which she had spent years creating.

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  10. How lovely to see those deer and your photos are wonderful. That is a long car journey on a warm day but what a fabulous ending to the day.

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  11. So special when you see something unexpected. We were very lucky at the farm in Devon, we had red and roe deer, especially in the quieter 8 acre field where they would stay casually munching xcx

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  12. What a long drive for Mick, nearly into my neck of the woods! It looks a beautiful specimen, snuggled in the grass/crop.

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