My wife and I decided to have another trip to Studley Royal to try and get to see the Red Deer rutting. We did see some of what I would call practice rutting by some of the males but not the real full-on thing that we were hoping for. I think most of the images speak for themselves so notmanywords. Once again, a couple of the images are a bit graphic so do not look if you are sensitive.
Not something you see every day.
We saw this on the way back to the car.
My wife and I had a trip down to North Yorkshire at the beginning of the month to visit Studley Royal a National Trust property near Ripon. We went to see the Red Deer rut; we saw loads of Red Deer but unfortunately no rutting. It was however a great day out. FYI one of the images is a bit graphic so if you are easily offended don’t look.
Red Deer Stag.
Some stags were sniffing and tasting the air.
While others were strutting their stuff.
What have you been eating!?
Lots of bellowing but no rutting.
Kestrel.
Take off.
Nuthatch.
It was looking for insects in the bark of a tree.
Studley Royal deer park is home to three different type of deer Red, Fallow and Manchurian Sika. Unfortunately, there was not much rutting going on between the red deer stags while we were there last Tuesday. However, one red deer stag was doing a lot of bellowing and posturing and at one point he did chase a younger stag off but that was it. We did see some of the younger stags practising for when they get older by locking horns but it was nothing like the real thing. A couple of the images here are quite graphic but that is the nature of the rutting season.
This was the only Fallow deer we saw.
Sika deer stag.
A couple of Sika deer stags together.
A Sika deer fawn.
A couple of visitors were getting quite close to these
Sika deer so they were running back to the larger herd.
Red deer bellowing a warning to other stags.
A couple of younger stags “play fighting.”
These two stags could hear the bellowing from quite a
distance.
This stag does not look pleased to see me.
This was the stag that was doing most of the bellowing
and posturing.
Sniffing the air to check if any of the females are
ready for mating.
More play fighting between the younger stags.
A portrait of one of the younger stags.
My favourite image from the day.
