Roe Deer
The Roe Deer is a small deer which has a white to buff patch on their rump, a black nose and “moustache” and a white chin. Its coat varies from sandy to reddish-brown in the summer to grey-brown or even black in winter. The antlers, which have no more than 3 points and are less than 10 inches in length, grow in winter and are shed in the autumn.
The Roe Deer is found throughout Europe but it is absent from Ireland, much of Portugal, Greece and large parts of England and Wales. Roe Deer became extinct in most of England during the 18th century but they were reintroduced in the 19th century.
The Roe Deer lives mainly in woodland where there are open patches of ground and access to the edges of fields and it feeds on grasses and the leaves of young broad-leaved trees and bushes.
Both male and female Roe Deer are usually solitary and highly territorial with clearly defined boundaries which they scent mark.
The Roe Deer has very good senses of smell, hearing and vision. When alarmed, it makes a characteristic barking noise.
Roe Deer mate in July and August and fawns are born in the following spring. Many fawns die during their first year due to heavy predation by foxes.
Date: 6th November 2007
Location: Saligo to Gruinart, Islay, Argyll
The Roe Deer is found throughout Europe but it is absent from Ireland, much of Portugal, Greece and large parts of England and Wales. Roe Deer became extinct in most of England during the 18th century but they were reintroduced in the 19th century.
The Roe Deer lives mainly in woodland where there are open patches of ground and access to the edges of fields and it feeds on grasses and the leaves of young broad-leaved trees and bushes.
Both male and female Roe Deer are usually solitary and highly territorial with clearly defined boundaries which they scent mark.
The Roe Deer has very good senses of smell, hearing and vision. When alarmed, it makes a characteristic barking noise.
Roe Deer mate in July and August and fawns are born in the following spring. Many fawns die during their first year due to heavy predation by foxes.
Date: 6th November 2007
Location: Saligo to Gruinart, Islay, Argyll
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