Finally managed to get a holiday this year (North Wessex Downs, Dorset and Isle of White) just before Sheffield was locked down again! These are a few wildlife pics - nice to see some creatures we don't get to see up here. One of the red squirrels was on Brownsea Island and the other on Isle of White - I think they look quite different. Anyone know if this is just sampling error or divergent evolution - I expect the populations have been isolated from each other for a very long time?!
Mike, loving the holiday snaps, particularly the rutting stags, and thank you for sharing.
Yes, I'd read about Sheffield moving into Tier 3, I was hoping to nip up to Ladybower and around Fairholmes to capture the autumn splendour, and Derwent Dam using long exposure to capture the water flowing over.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Some more photos to help with the deer ID. The first 2 were clearly an adult male (not one of the ones rutting) but they seemed to be together so we assumed the rutting ones were just young stags.