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Black headed gulls, red deer and small copper butterfly

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Last month I popped up to Bedfords Park on a sunny day. On the lake the black headed were arguing with each other.
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Richmond Park - fallow and red deer

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Other than the hornet there were plenty of other things at Richmond Park. The ever present fallow deer were one example.
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Southern hawker + roe deer at a wet Crockford Stream

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On the 3rd day of our trip to the new forest we went for a walk around a few places and by the time we reached Crockford stream it was raining! After waitng for it to ease off we went for a walk through the wooded area and came across a couple of roe deer.
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Red deer hinds

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A quick post with some red deer hind pics taken in Bedfords Park back in May.
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Wide angled swan close ups and a field vole in Bedfords Park

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After the visit to Raphaels Park in yesterdays post I headed up to Bedford Park. At the lake there was a pair of swans which came to investigate my presence. They were after food! They certainly wern't timid so I put the wide angle zoom kit lens on and put the camera down to water level

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Bedfords Park - snowy blackbird with coots and moorhens on ice

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On Friday with most kids safely back at school I decided to chance the weather and head up to Bedfords Park. I passed through Rise Park on the way where a number of magpies had gathered together, the first sign of odd 'snow behaviour.' I manged to capture one against the blue sky

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wildlife in the snow

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On Wednesday we had our second big fall of snow so I got up at sunrise to go for a walk round the local parks. In the morning it was still snowing at Raphaels Park where the lake was not just frozen in all but a few places, but the ice had a layer of snow covering it, something I don't think I've seen before. Some of the canada geese had decided this was a good place to stand

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Bedfords Park - red deer rutting in the snow

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Ive just finished edited the photos from yesterday and I've wittled it down to 41, but no I struggling to choose my favs to put up here. So heres another view of the rutting behaviour from the two younger stags

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Red deer rutting in the snow

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I had a walk round the usual parks today, but haven't processed all the photos yet. But heres one I quite liked

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Snow day wildlife

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Last Friday with all the snowfall I ahd had to go out and get some photos. So the first stop was Raphaels Park. There wasn't too much around but I did spot a couple of canda geese that had obviously slept out in the snow and just slipped into the lake in the morning

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