May 17th, 2025

Author: donich_admin

In which the deer return

We’ve not seen much of the deer in the garden over the last few years – I think they must have had a huge cull and reduced numbers so much that the population has taken a while to recover.

But they are back to some degree now.  First R saw a female out of his window.

And then a nice little stag.

I’m broadly glad to see them back.  I know their numbers can’t be let to grow out of control (and we eat quite a lot of venison as a result), but I think this last cull overdid it.  Anyway, they already destroyed my pear tree, and I don’t have any others small enough to be vulnerable to them.