Mallards Pike and New Fancy - Forest of Dean

Went to the New Fancy viewpoint and Mallards Pike today with Katie from http://lifeintheforestofdean.blogspot.com/, it was pouring with rain the whole time so we didn't see much. I did spot a herd of approx 10 fallow deer grazing near the entrance to Mallards pike car park which we stalked for a while and kept catching glimpses such as the one bellow but they soon lost us in the undergrowth.

Fallow Deer - dama dama

Another Mandarin Male - Aix galericulata
Saw this Goldfinch using my feeders this morning, never had them visit before and took this shot rather quickly through a leaded window hence the poor quality.

Fallow Deer (Dama dama)

I've not posted a blog for a while as I've been busy with assignments and work etc and also the weather hasn't really been the best.

Anyway I went out today and saw a lot of deer. The first herd I came across consisted of around 8 fully grown stags and a single doe. They were sat in amongst the trees chewing the cud when I walked around a corner. For about 5 mins we just stared at each other me to afraid to move in case I scared them and them trying to make out if I was a threat. I had to set the camera blind as I didn't want to move too much which is why I didn't get many good pics as I put it on the wrong settings. Anyway here are a few of the good pics.

and a couple of the better bad ones.

After these had decided that I was a threat and had run off I carried on along the path and was met by a herd of around 20 yearling bucks grazing amongst the trees, I knelt down in the hopes of breaking up my profile enough so that they wouldn't run and I managed to get a few better photos of these guys before they too took off.

And then as I was walking around the corner I saw the original herd pass in front of me again and got a few better shots.