{"id":804,"date":"2012-10-31T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=804"},"modified":"2020-04-04T16:11:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:11:47","slug":"sika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=804","title":{"rendered":"Sika"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Sika Stag at Arne\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_2849_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sika Stag at Arne\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSika Stag at the RSPB\u2019s nature reserve on the Arne peninsula in Dorset.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Sika Stag and young\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_2834_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sika Stag and young\" width=\"600\" height=\"903\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nStag and one of this year\u2019s fawns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Despite arriving at one of the rutting sites before dawn this year the rutting season appeared to be starting later than usual.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What an amazingly beautiful place to spend the first couple of hours of daylight and not another soul in sight.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Sika hind and young\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_2785_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sika hind and young\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nAlthough wary the Sika at Arne are tolerant of people. The whistling noises the hinds make add to the drama of daybreak over the heathland.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Sika hind\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_2769_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sika hind\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSika hind in its pale, spotted summer coat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\" Sika Stag\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_2817_thumb.jpg\" alt=\" Sika Stag\" width=\"600\" height=\"903\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSika Stag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sika Stag at the RSPB\u2019s nature reserve on the Arne peninsula in Dorset. Stag and one of this year\u2019s fawns. Despite arriving at one of the rutting sites before dawn this year the rutting season appeared to be starting later than usual. 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