I went for a walk...

[Greg]

On Sunday as it was a beautiful morning I decided to go out for a walk, I took my camera and this is what I came across.
Unfortunately some of the photos are a bit blurred as the zoom on my digi camera is pretty pants!

Elder Berry

Hazel Nuts

Crab Apple

Hawthorn Berry

Damsons

Sweet Chestnut

Roe Deer, I think (They were quite a distance away and my zoom like I have already said is pretty pants, but they are the first deer I have seen all year so I was pretty happy)

 

[Greg]

I don't suppose if anyone knows if they are Elder Berries?

 

[JonnyP]

I don't suppose if anyone knows if they are Elder Berries?

Sure are mate....Looks to be a good harvest for everything that survived the rain, doesn't it...

 

[KAE1]

Greg, how many deer are there, looks like a small herd, but I may be looking at the wrong thing. Reason I ask is that I wouldn't expect to see more than two or three roe this time of year.

 

[Greg]

Greg, how many deer are there, looks like a small herd, but I may be looking at the wrong thing. Reason I ask is that I wouldn't expect to see more than two or three roe this time of year.

There were about 6 or 7. Do you think they could be fallow deer maybe?

 

[KAE1]

Its difficult to generalise, deer can behave differently in different areas. Here in Suffolk roe usually only group up in autumn/winter and then its not really a herd just family groups sharing the same field.
Roe are ginger/red at this time of year, fallow are usually red/fawn with spots or chocolate brown, fallow have tails whereas roe just have a white/cream rump.

 

[Greg]

Its difficult to generalise, deer can behave differently in different areas. Here in Suffolk roe usually only group up in autumn/winter and then its not really a herd just family groups sharing the same field.
Roe are ginger/red at this time of year, fallow are usually red/fawn with spots or chocolate brown, fallow have tails whereas roe just have a white/cream rump.

I was in a small hamlet just outside of Saffron Waldon near Cambridge.
I can't remember if they had tails or not, but at the end of the day I was just very happy to see them (I also wish I had a better camera!:Thinkingo )

 

[Greg]

If it helps with the identification my wife said she saw the same group in the same place in March whilst out walking with my son.

 

[KAE1]

The beauty of nature is that she doesn't read the rule book and gives our sterile lives a bit of mystery. Just a joy to see, whatever they were.