Red Deer

Red Deer - South Spain - September 2013
The Red Deer is one of the largest deer species. Stags (males) are larger in size than hinds (females) and have magnificent branched antlers. The coat is reddish-brown in colour in summer but becomes brown or grey in winter and there is a cream coloured rump patch.

Red Deer can be found in most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor and parts of western and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red Deer have been introduced to other areas including Australia, New Zealand and Argentina.

Date: 5th September 2013

Location: road to La Lancha and Embalse del Jándula, Sierra de Andújar, Andalucia, Spain

Red Deer


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