where's the best place to look for rutting deer in cumbria? i'm there for the next 2 weekends and wouldn't mind a spot of deer watching.
where's the best place to look for rutting deer in cumbria? i'm there for the next 2 weekends and wouldn't mind a spot of deer watching.
The Nab north of High Street from Haweswater should be good, never been there during the rut but there's plenty about.
EDIT:
In fact I think it's home to the last herd of wild red deer in England, could be wrong though.
Yeah not sure that's right. We've got them here in suffolk, even come into the edges of the village. Local Nation Trust has an organized rut watching event going on at the moment.
Last year during the rut, I even got chased by one for about 5 secs whilst cycling down a forest path.
I think they might also be in a few other areas, maybe New Forest, and Sherwood/Dukeries area where I was brought up.
Either way magnificent to see britains largest wild animal at close quarters.
There's also a bothy up there but I've never been to that so can't say how good it is.
Its not bad. Quite a decent size and quite dry. Although not far from the nearest road it doesn't look like its attracted the disposable bbq brigade. You'd need to carry your own wood in although there is a small wooden area about 1 mile away.
Now I've checked, its about 4 years since I last walked around up there so the bothy may have gone downhill since my last visit.