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Roe Deer: Following Their Secret Lives through the Seasons 🦌

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TRACKS & SIGNS
A ROE DEER DIET
Roe deer browse on a wide variety of food. They will nibble grasses, leaves, tree shoots and even bark, but this plant-based diet can sometimes lack the minerals they need, especially the calcium, sodium and phosphates to help their antlers grow strong.
SUPPLEMENTED WITH SALT LICK
So to support the visiting deer at Ash Wood, I made a salt solution and placed it an upturned bottle. I fixed the bottle to a stick to allow rainwater to drip through the solution and down the stick. It was an instant hit with the roe deer. Watch as a buck even marks the stick as its own territory!
WATER
The ponds I dug at Ash Wood also helped to support this species, since here on the Yorkshire Wolds there are few natural water sources. Watch as these elegant animals slip quietly into the wood at night to drink from the pond.
MOULT
As the weather warmed up, the visiting roe deer shed their grey/brown winter coats and grew a beautiful new red coat for the winter.
ROE DEER FAMILY
Roe deer tend to be solitary in summer and are more likely to form loose groups in winter, however they can group together at any time of year. My cameras captured three together, as well as a very special moment when a doe and her fawn visited.
DEER ALL YEAR ROUND
I can now watch deer via hidden cameras at Ash Wood all year round, and the habit I have developed also supports them.
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