20 members met at 8 am on an overcast windy day and walked out to the known rutting stands of Fallow deer. Some activity was observed via field signs, but no deer was heard or seen. Thus we expanded the search area using local knowledge (other words—horse riders that we met). Finally we heard and followed two bucks calling and eventually managed to see three bucks and associated does briefly. The last sighting of roaring bucks was at about 11 am. In the early afternoon we moved across to Georges Hayes Nature Reserve looking for Red deer rutting. However, no animals were seen and there was only minimal evidence of rutting but lots of field signs of deer present.
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