Fallow Deer Dama dama There are six species

Fallow Deer Dama dama

There are six species of wild deer in the British Isles. Chinese Water Deer Fallow Deer Muntjac Roe Deer Red Deer Sika Deer

All About Fallow Deer

All About Fallow Deer Have you ever seen me? You may have seen me in a park or at an historic house.

What do I look like? A Fallow Deer has a spotted coat, a long tail and large hand shaped or palmate antlers.

What do I look like? A Fallow deer has a white bottom edged with black with a long tail with a black band down the middle.

What do I look like? You may see me in a variety of colours in herds kept on country estates or at an historic house or even in the wild. Its quite common to see me in white! Look me up at www. bds. org. uk to see what other colours I can be.

What do I look like? A male (boy) Fallow deer is called a Buck. What do you see on top of the stag’s head?

What do I look like? ANTLERS Antlers are made of bone and deer grow a new set of antlers each year.

What do I look like? The Buck’s antlers fall off or are cast each April and May. The new set start to grow very soon and are called ‘in velvet’.

What do I look like? A female (girl) Fallow deer is called a Does a doe have antlers?

What do I look like? How many does are in the picture?

What do I look like? How many does are in the picture? 2

What do I look like? A baby Fallow deer is called a Fawn. Young are normally born in June or July.

Where do you think I like to live?

Lifestyle facts. I am a herbivore eating grass and leaves. In Autumn and Winter I like to eat acorns and chestnuts. I quite like some farmers crops and sometimes I get a bad reputation because I eat and trample the crops.

Lifestyle facts. Fallow deer tracks are on average 90 mm. They are slightly smaller than a red deer, but about the same as a sika deer.

Acknowledgements Thank you to everyone who assisted with this project, in particular: Suzie Moore, Education Development Officer, New Forest Centre George Trebinski, Wildlife Photographer and all other photographers The BDS Education Committee Dorothy Ireland, Charles Smith Jones, Sarah Stride, and Johnson Contributors to the British Deer Society Image Library Anne Bellerby, Jo Mahler, Campbell Mc. Innes, Simon Crook, Tony Charlton, Bob Holmes, Glyn Ingram

Championing the future for British deer www. bds. org. uk 01425 655434 The Walled Garden, Burgate Manor, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP 6 1 EF