Sika Stag at the RSPB’s nature reserve on the Arne peninsula in Dorset. |
Despite arriving at one of the rutting sites before dawn this year the rutting season appeared to be starting later than usual. What an amazingly beautiful place to spend the first couple of hours of daylight and not another soul in sight. |
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Sika hind in its pale, spotted summer coat. |
Sika Stag |