{"id":3636,"date":"2016-10-28T21:03:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T21:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2016-10-10T21:03:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T21:03:32","slug":"sika-at-arne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3636","title":{"rendered":"Sika at Arne"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_7885\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29342544233\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5257\/29342544233_a5322baab9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Storm clouds gathering just after dawn\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hmmm&#8230;..storm clouds gathering just after dawn. Not a good sign.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"P1080402\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29855332102\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8140\/29855332102_7d962dcb2a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Birch and Bracken at RSPB Arne\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Silver Birch dominated woodland at the RSPB&#8217;s Arne Nature Reserve.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8116\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29886166291\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8331\/29886166291_ecf1da7a3f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sika\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sika hinds (female) and a calf amongst the heath.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8126\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29341906194\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/9\/8257\/29341906194_189ec48213_c.jpg\" alt=\"A white Sika hind\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A more unusual white Sika hind. Normally associated with domestication and inbreeding the white variation appears to be far less common in Sika than Fallow Deer. Unfortunately not the best camouflage for\u00a0hiding away in the heather or nearby woodland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8166\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29675731720\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8140\/29675731720_5f9e26be87_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sika deer at Arne\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Since escaping from Brownsea Island and wading across Poole harbour\u00a0the Sika have become naturalised throughout the Purbeck area of Dorset. With no natural predators\u00a0their numbers are controlled by selective culling.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8195\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29341945424\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8448\/29341945424_3f1ec9ea51_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sika hind complete with summer coat \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Great to see so many still in their summer coat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8090\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29341889994\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/6\/5109\/29341889994_dbcaa81cc8_c.jpg\" alt=\"More Sika\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>In winter the coat is normally dark grey with the distinctive spots either faint or non-existent.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"P1080391\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29341853244\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/6\/5596\/29341853244_8d9d618ac3_c.jpg\" alt=\"One of thousands of Garden or Cross Spiders\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Still thousands of Cross Spiders hanging around. Hard to appreciate just how many there are until their dew\u00a0covered webs catch the early morning sunshine &#8211; a spectacular sight.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmmm&#8230;..storm clouds gathering just after dawn. Not a good sign. Silver Birch dominated woodland at the RSPB&#8217;s Arne Nature Reserve. Sika hinds (female) and a calf amongst the heath. A more unusual white Sika hind. 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