The Year of the Red Deer |
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... deer are usually larger of body and antler than our Highland deer , purely due to environment , as also are the red deer of the European continent . One may regard this difference as simply a result of geographical situation and ...
... deer are usually larger of body and antler than our Highland deer , purely due to environment , as also are the red deer of the European continent . One may regard this difference as simply a result of geographical situation and ...
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... of red deer in Scotland is 185,000 , of which by far the majority live in the Highlands . There is a relatively small number in Galloway , small in number but high in quality for they live in a better habitat than that of most Highland red ...
... of red deer in Scotland is 185,000 , of which by far the majority live in the Highlands . There is a relatively small number in Galloway , small in number but high in quality for they live in a better habitat than that of most Highland red ...
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Lea MacNally. Red deer stags on a high peaty plateau , antlers still in velvet though now fully grown , summering ... Highland phenomenon , for with Highland deer there is a very marked and often lengthy daily movement ; in the evenings ...
Lea MacNally. Red deer stags on a high peaty plateau , antlers still in velvet though now fully grown , summering ... Highland phenomenon , for with Highland deer there is a very marked and often lengthy daily movement ; in the evenings ...
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List of monochrome illustrations | 9 |
SUMMERRenaissance to the RoaringTime | 17 |
AUTUMNThe RoaringTime | 44 |
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annual antler growth apparently areas beast bellow birch birth bone Caledonian Canal cast antlers chewing the cud coat of summer coire conifers coolness coronet dappled dead deer forests early eyes fence flies foreleg frontal bone glen bottom golden eagle grazing grubs habitat head and antlers head and neck heather herd of hinds high ground Highland deer Highland red deer hill hind leg human June knobber larvae late licking liver fluke lochan lower glens lungworm lying March master mature stags months mortality mother nasal bot-fly nine-pointer nose obviously October once parasites peat hag peat wallow pedicle pharynx rarely red deer calf red deer hind Red deer stags ridge roar rubbing season seemed seen sheep shelter skull spring stag's stalker survive thick trees twins usually velvet warble-fly watched weak calf weight winter coat wire young hind young stags