Description
Fallow deer buck (Dama dama). He is part of a temporary mixed herd of bachelor males. The other species is red deer (Cervus elaphus), and these stags (larger but, here, more distant) are sitting comfortably together. It is mid-September, just a couple of weeks before the rut. It may be that none of these deer is going to be mature enough to fight for females this year. The fallow buck has a 'menil' colouring, equating with 'pale ginger' or 'blonde'.