We had a dry day so it was outside work all morning, the Misses doing her annual painting of all 3 sheds & garage with fence paint, this is the only painting I let her do, the rest are my jobs. I was replacing a rotten work top in my potting area, so both busy.
After lunch we decided to go for a walk UP the glen & I took my camera with my long lens, in the hope of finding some deer to show you. Non in the first “normal” spot but looked further down the field & there were two female Roe Deer, unfortunately they were well over a quarter of a mile off & were fully aware of our presence. So quickly set up the monopod & steadied myself to have a go at getting them. So the first 3 shots below are of those two, before they disappeared from sight.
We then walked along a sheep’s path instead of the road, a long narrow field with woods each side , so felt hopeful. Not a bird or deer in sight, but as we were climbing over a gate at the far end of the field we disturbed a Roe fawn lying in the grass. It was off like a rocket before I even had time to raise my camera, never to be seen again. We joined the original road & there 200 yards in front of us were another pair of Roe’s. But as soon as they saw us, which I am sure was way before we saw them, they were off. Hence the last shot as I got one just before it was out of sight.
We occasionally get Roe in the field in front of us, especially if we are about early morning, normally during the winter we see them more often. A few years ago during a cold period we had over sixty Red Deer stags came into the field having been spooked by something on the hills, that is the shot above. Though not as I have said a shot from today I thought you would like to see that this isn’t a fisherman’s tale, it really happened.
