Deep within a patch of mixed trees a dark, slowly moving, silhouette grabbed my attention. I instinctively froze and a pair of big eyes stared back at me from the undergrowth.
Quite unfazed, the roe buck carried on munching, seeming to almost dismiss my presence. The piece of pine branch, wedged like a green crown between his antlers, gave the entire image a more sacred or mythological countenance.
Moving very slowly, I manged to get off a few shots and a brief video clip before he wandered off into the shady woods.
Ainsdale has some amazing wildlife with legally protected species like the Sand lizard and Natterjack toad.
However, the wonderful deer population require trees and undergrowth for food and shelter, meaning that questionable officialised so-called eco-plans to remove dense areas of undergrowth and tree lines, allegedly for protected species, can only harm the deer and many other species.
Mankind likes to interfere with nature, yet we usually find out that ultimately wildlife is often best left to balance itself out 'without' short-sighted and destructive human meddling.
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