Deer Rut 2015

The lovely Raquel and Sue joined me for an exciting deer photography safari on 11th October. We had the full range of rutting behaviour including parallel walking, covering oneself with mud and urine (for that extra musky goodness), fighting and mating. We even saw a hind mounting a stag, but I suppose that’s London for you … We also stumbled across some bright green parakeets and of course we had some lovely misty landscape photography opportunities too. Below are some of the pictures from the day.

Fallow Deer Buck Reclining, Richmond Park, London

Misty Winter Sunrise, Richmond Park, London

Red Deer Hind Mounting Stag, Richmond Park, London

Red Deer Mating, Richmond Park, London

Red Deer Stag Among Fern, Richmond Park, London

Red Deer Stag at Sunrise, Richmond Park, London

Red Deer Stag at Sunrise, Richmond Park, London

Red Deer Stag in Muddy Riverbank, Richmond Park, London

Red Deer Stags Fighting, Richmond Park, London

Roaring Red Deer Stag at Sunrise, Richmond Park, London

Roaring Red Deer Stag, Richmond Park, London

The Chase, Red Deer Rut, Richmond Park, London

Two Parakeets, Richmond Park, London