Red Deer Cervus elaphus There are six species

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Red Deer Cervus elaphus

Red Deer Cervus elaphus

There are six species of wild deer in the British Isles. Chinese Water Deer

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 Red Deer

All About Red Deer

All About Red Deer The Red Deer is the largest deer in Great Britain.

All About Red Deer The Red Deer is the largest deer in Great Britain. In the Autumn they can be heard roaring.

What do I look like? The summer coat is reddish brown to brown and

What do I look like? The summer coat is reddish brown to brown and the winter coat is brown to grey. There are no spots on the adult coat.

What do I look like? The male (boy) is called a Stags grow huge

What do I look like? The male (boy) is called a Stags grow huge antlers each year.

What do I look like? The antlers are made of bone. The older the

What do I look like? The antlers are made of bone. The older the deer the larger the antler.

What do I look like? The antlers drop off in the Spring and grow

What do I look like? The antlers drop off in the Spring and grow back by August. When they start growing they are protected by velvet.

What do I look like? A female (girl) Red deer is called a hind.

What do I look like? A female (girl) Red deer is called a hind. Does a hind have antlers?

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

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

What do I look like? How many Hinds are in the picture? 4

What do I look like? How many Hinds are in the picture? 4

What do I look like? Quite often I can be seen in large herds.

What do I look like? Quite often I can be seen in large herds.

What do I look like? A baby red deer is called a calf. Young

What do I look like? A baby red deer is called a calf. Young are born between March and July.

Where do you think I like to live?

Where do you think I like to live?

Lifestyle facts. Red Deer are native to the UK. The deer living in lowland

Lifestyle facts. Red Deer are native to the UK. The deer living in lowland areas are larger than those living on high ground as a result of better feeding.

Lifestyle facts. Red deer like herbs, grasses, hedgerow plants, chestnuts and beech mast as

Lifestyle facts. Red deer like herbs, grasses, hedgerow plants, chestnuts and beech mast as well as leaves. They tear down twigs and branches to get at tasty leaves.

Lifestyle facts. Red deer hoof prints or ‘slots’ are large and a stag’s front

Lifestyle facts. Red deer hoof prints or ‘slots’ are large and a stag’s front hoof may measure 8 -9 cm in length.

Acknowledgements Thank you to everyone who assisted with this project, in particular: Suzie Moore,

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

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