Test Valley Wildlife

Roe Deer

Deer are our largest land mammals and we are fortunate enough to see Roe, Fallow and Muntjac deer on a regular basis. Roe deer are probably seen the most

Roe buck in velvet

Button

Toughing it out in the snow

Button

Roe doe, March

Button

6 point Roe buck in March

Button

Roe doe and her kid

Button

Young Roe Doe

Button

Young Roe buck in the frost

Button

Roe doe and Monkshood

Button

Roe doe couched up, her kid well hidden in the hedge

Button

Roe kid

Button

Close up of a young Roe buck, in velvet

Button

Young Roe Doe Kid, sniffing a dandelion clock.

Button

Roe buck investigating a squeak from a Buttalo call during the rut

Button

Roe buck in full summer coat

Button

Roe kid in full flight

Button

Roe doe in Autumn sunset

Button

Close up of an inquisitive Roe doe kid

Button

6-Point Roe Buck in summer coat

Button

Roe kid

Button

Roe doe and her kid in the frost

Button

Roe doe

Button

Roe buck, couched up. Early March and in full velvet.

Button

Mature Roe doe back-lit and close up!

Button

Roe doe and kid at about a week old, photographed in mid-May

Button

This shot of 2 roe kids jumping a fence together took a lot of time and patience to get

Button

Intimate portrait of young doe eating spring wildflowers

Button

Roe deer are normally solitary animals. However, during the winter they form small family groups. I love the soft winter colours of the trees and fields.

Button

Roe twin kids

Button

Roe kid out on her own

Button

Atmospheric shot of 2 Roe deer taken at sunset

Button

Photographed in mid-April. Antlers are just clean of velvet

Button

A very close shot. You can see the sunset reflected in her eye

Button

Each year, Roe bucks lose their old antlers and grow a new set. As they grow, they are covered in velvet.

Button

Roe doe in meadow grass

Button

One of my favourite pictures. I ambushed him as he came out of a cover crop, resplendent in his summer coat. I christened him Corkscrew Boy as a result of his twisted right antler.

Button

Roe doe. This is often all you will see when the crops are high

Button

Roe buck scent marking during the rut

Button

Atmospheric Roe buck, early morning.

Button

Inquisitive Roe buck during the rut

Button

This pregnant doe grazed to within 3m of me

Button

Young Roe doe at last light. She walked to within a few feet of me.

Button

An old and young roe buck photographed together in late spring

Button

An old and young roe buck photographed together during the winter

Button

Inquisitive young Roe Kid

Button

Group of Roe deer

Button

Yearling doe, summer coat change almost complete in spring wildflowers

Button

Young doe caught in rape field tramlines

Button

Magnificent Roe buck couched up in deep cover in a wood

Button

6 point Roe buck from 10 yards

Button

Roe deer form small family groups in the winter

Button

5-Point Roe Buck in Spring

Button

Roe buck sunning himself

Button

Lovely mature 6 pointer Roe buck

Button

Mature Roe buck just beginning to change into winter coat

Button

Young Roe doe trotting up to see what I was!

Button

Roe doe and one of her twin kids feeding

Button

Young Roe doe kid feeding in a cover crop

Button

Roe Doe and her Kid

Button

Young Roe kid

Button

Fallow and Muntjac

Fallow and Muntjac deer can also be found in the area

Muntjac doe

Button

Muntjac doe and her fawn

Button

Young Muntjac doe, oblivious to me as she walked past

Button

A family group of Fallow

Button

Muntjac buck, taken in May. Antlers cast and already beginning to regrow

Button

Young Muntjac buck, oblivious to me watching him

Button

Mature Muntjac buck

Button

Close up with a Mature Muntjac buck

Button

Around May each year, Muntjac bucks cast last year's antlers and immediately start to grow their next set. The regrowth is normally complete by late summer. This buck is in the early stages of regrowth.

Button