Saturday 26 February 2011

Roe Deer & Buzzard

Well - what a week that was! Goodness me.

On the way home from Port Charlotte about 10am we spotted a roe buck looking very proud
of himself - and laying a little way from him was his mate - it was so good to see them out.

Odd behaviour by a Buzzard on Thursday afternoon - Pip had flushed it from the side of the road in the morning - and all day it hung around flying in circles all over the yard and North Gearach - calling out... Mark & I walked the dogs round North Gearch and down past the Loch in the buzzard was still there - calling & circling.

Went to Port Charlotte on Friday morning at 10am - as we turned out of the yard and drove 300 yards - Thomas spotted a Roe Doe and calf - on the side of the road.
We slowed down to look at them. They were undisturbed and they stayed by the side of the road - they walked up to the fence to try and go back into the forestry - but they weren't to bothered.

When we got home - MArk told us that a two cars with tourists in had pursued the deer all the way down to our yard - the tourists were out of the car and trying to take photos of the deer - the deer were screaming out in panic - Mark showed me were the deer had forced itself through the fence opposite our yard - the tourists were calling out to Mark who was working on the fence - telling him how great it was to see Roe Deer that close up - and asking him why it was screaming like that.

Mark told the idiot tourists to back off the panic stricken deer and leave her be.
They were not impressed apparently! So much for these 'oatmeal sandal wearing - yogart knitters!' it gets my blood boiling - they join a bloody national trust and then they frighten a roe doe so much that it gets spilt up from its calf and looses 2/3rds of the hair on its back - trying to squeeze through the deer fencing!

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