The Forest Guardian

Early Saturday morning a few weeks ago we gathered to photograph deer as the sun rose. Walking through the forest in Killarney National Park we spotted a group of deer. The light was terrible. I’m sure this was shot at ISO 12800 to get a crisp image and I’m really happy with it.

This group of deer stayed in the forest away from curious humans for the rest of the morning, though we could hear this stag bellowing several times off in the distance.

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When Stags Find Their Voice

I travelled to Kerry this morning to photograph the rutting in Killarney National Park there. There weren’t many stags to be seen but this fellow was lying in the middle of a field I suspected would have a stag or two. After a few moments he stood up, digging his antlers in the grass and tossed his head from side to side with grass flying everywhere.

Despite the dramatic behaviour, he looked over at the human photographers again and lay down, chewing some grass and ignored us once more.

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Interesting new proposals to manage #WildDeer in #Scotland where the population has doubled since 1990 and there's a steady upward trend in collisions involving deer.

Deer Management Nature Restoration Orders are proposed granting NatureScot additional powers over deer management and being able to recover costs from the landowner where they are required to intervene.

https://thelochsidepress.com/2024/01/06/new-proposals-to-manage-wild-deer-in-scotland/