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Muntjacs

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  • allium2allium2 Posts: 413

    I had to look them up as I had no idea what they looked like. Agree with Salino they look a bit strange. Good to hear things have quietened off a bit Nutimage

  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    They breed all year round and can mate again within a few days of giving birth so be warned, they will be back in October for more image 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    September.  I'll be watching. I'd like one of those IR cameras to record what's around in the garden at nightimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    We're in March now Nut image Would the camera be to see the babies or to record them at it, would that not be like deer porn image

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    I'm not going to admit to any form of perversion Tracey. This is a respectable household. image

    I'd love to see the babies though. 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Alan4711Alan4711 Posts: 1,657

    when we left Nottingham a few years ago i commented on missing the wild deer that are well liked in the Midlands, a few more years on,, and on the actual day we arrived in Mundesley Norfolk we noticed a sign on the Cromer road ref deer and as we passed it a small strange looking deer came out from behind it as if it owned the road and just stare at us, our first intro to the Muntjac,wot a cracking looking animal,especially on somebody else's garden 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,123

    When I was very little Ma and Pa farmed near to Woburn - we're talking about the early 1950s - the first escapee Muntjac used to come and eat the crops on the farm - the Duke was not terribly popular with the farming community around there - first the muntjac then the wallabies image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Alan4711Alan4711 Posts: 1,657

    got2b honest aint seen a Wallaby ere in MUNS yet,thatS cus theres no signs 4em ,,YETimage

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,123

    I saw a roadkill wallaby on the side of the A14  down in Suffolk a few years ago - unmistakable - absolutely no doubt as to what it was.  They're on their way Alan image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,109

    There are wallabies living on one of the islands in Loch Lomond. They were introduced last century by  the owner. It's a bit controversial as they are reckoned to be a threat to the capercaillie population.

    There's a herd of deer who live beside the very busy M77 south of Glasgow,next to a large shopping complex. There's a lot of woodland round the area so they're quite happy! image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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