Today's milling

[Ratman]

They hid at the back hoping to be fed. [emoji16].

Be good to see your pics as well.

The calf was quite friendly.

Till it got a whiff of your prawns! [emoji16]

[spuddog0507]

3 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

 

 

They hid at the back hoping to be fed. .

Be good to see your pics as well.

The calf was quite friendly.

 

 

my photos are not like yours, the deer we used to see on Lomond where very wary and if you farted they where gone, we used to see them swimming from island now and then, and the other thing we so on Lomond was kangaroos yes kangaroos, when we first so them the lad who was with me, looked at me and said did you see that, i said yes i did, but when we get home dont tell anyone we so some Kangaroos on a island on Loch Lomond, they will lock us up and chuck the key away,,, But after doing a bit of reserch there is a colony of Walaby,s on one of the islands and they where put there as a experiment after the war,

[topchippyles]

20 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

 

 

They hid at the back hoping to be fed. .

Be good to see your pics as well.

The calf was quite friendly.

 

 

Is that your daytime Mrs trigger. Showed her your lunchbox yet 😏

[Squaredy]

Such a shame that the beautiful deer are the basic reason the Caledonian Pine Forest is a shadow of its former self.

 

Beautiful as the Scottish Highlands are they should be full of trees, not as naked as a naked thing.  As we have killed all the Deer's natural predators I guess it is up to us to hunt them enough to keep them in check.  Sustainable meat production I would say.

 

Down my way we have Deer, Grey squirrels and sheep to ensure natural regeneration is a rarity.  Sad really, and you try speaking out against the squirrels!

[Mr. Ed]

9 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Such a shame that the beautiful deer are the basic reason the Caledonian Pine Forest is a shadow of its former self.

 

Beautiful as the Scottish Highlands are they should be full of trees, not as naked as a naked thing.  As we have killed all the Deer's natural predators I guess it is up to us to hunt them enough to keep them in check.  Sustainable meat production I would say.

 

Down my way we have Deer, Grey squirrels and sheep to ensure natural regeneration is a rarity.  Sad really, and you try speaking out against the squirrels!

Our pine marten really does work. Not a grey been seen and reds not common but present. Has anyone tried introducing them? 

[trigger_andy]

9 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Such a shame that the beautiful deer are the basic reason the Caledonian Pine Forest is a shadow of its former self.

 

Beautiful as the Scottish Highlands are they should be full of trees, not as naked as a naked thing.  As we have killed all the Deer's natural predators I guess it is up to us to hunt them enough to keep them in check.  Sustainable meat production I would say.

 

Down my way we have Deer, Grey squirrels and sheep to ensure natural regeneration is a rarity.  Sad really, and you try speaking out against the squirrels!

Beautiful animals indeed and as you say they decimate the land they roam free on. All for the benefits of te very few who can afford to shoot them for sport. So many are opposed to a reintroduction of the Deers natural predator's. Shame really. Hopefully the Wildlife corridors proposed come to fruition. 

 

My Mates Estate has had a herd of Red Deer on it for about 50 years. They've done very little damage all things considering. His woods are so dense and unmanaged that what little damage the deer do soon grows back again. Although the Deer in Scotland are certainly stopping the natural regeneration of our countryside lets not forget its man that has cut down all the forests in the first place. 

[Mr. Ed]

Not just rich folk - when we bought our little bit of woodland we were introduced to one of our neighbours with the unspoken comment “this is xxxx. He’ll be poaching your deer.” The first time we accepted some venison from him made us co-conspirators.

Edited March 16, 2021 by Mr. Ed

[Khriss]

47 minutes ago, Mr. Ed said:

Not just rich folk - when we bought our little bit of woodland we were introduced to one of our neighbours with the unspoken comment “this is xxxx. He’ll be poaching your deer.” The first time we accepted some venison from him made us co-conspirators.

Would love Pine martens round here, Common thick with greys and people think they  are so lovely. Main reason not as many song birds. K

[MattyF]

Beautiful animals indeed and as you say they decimate the land they roam free on. All for the benefits of te very few who can afford to shoot them for sport. So many are opposed to a reintroduction of the Deers natural predator's. Shame really. Hopefully the Wildlife corridors proposed come to fruition. 

 

My Mates Estate has had a herd of Red Deer on it for about 50 years. They've done very little damage all things considering. His woods are so dense and unmanaged that what little damage the deer do soon grows back again. Although the Deer in Scotland are certainly stopping the natural regeneration of our countryside lets not forget its man that has cut down all the forests in the first place. 

I don’t , there is some stupid ideas about at the moment like reintroducing lynx in to keilder forest ... Caledonian forests I could understand but putting them in a mono cultured crop and that keilder has over 30 farms in it and not to mention the thousands of acres bordering it linked to Forrest and wood corridors through the border it’s a bad idea.

[htb]

9 hours ago, Khriss said:

Would love Pine martens round here, Common thick with greys and people think they  are so lovely. Main reason not as many song birds. K

They have bred in our woodshed for years, not bothered by us or the dogs.