Garden Visitors - when we are not looking!

To get an idea of who or what is visiting our garden when we are not watching, we purchased a Stealthcam. This is a weatherproof camera with a built-in flash and motion detector. When movement is detected, the camera shoots off three photos. Although the quality of the photos cannot compare with a Digital SLR, they provide a good insight to activity in the garden.

We have deliberately left the time and date on the photos because it is interesting to see the amount of activity during the night. The camera has been positioned hanging from the branches of one of two apple trees. The windfall apples have proven to be irresistible to the roe deer, muntjacs, badgers and foxes.

The summer of 2007 was very good for the deer around here. We identified nine deer in total from three families - male, female and baby muntjac, a roe deer doe and two fawns, and a roe deer stag, doe and fawn.

The harvest of apples was excellent providing a good incentive to visit us!

Three Roe Deer - Buck, Doe and Fawn

The doe is rather wary. She has heard the noise from the camera and is reluctant to venture closer with her fawn. However, the stag either has no worries or is more greedy for the apples!

Roe deer, buck, doe and fawn

 

Roe Deer Doe

Roe deer doe

 

Roe Deer Buck

Roe deer buck

 

Two Roe Deer Fawns

Roe deer twins

 

Badger and Muntjac

Badger and muntjac

 

Doe and Fawn Roe Deer

Roe deer doe and fawn

 

Badger

Badger

 

Fox

Fox

 

Muntjac and Roe Deer

Muntjac and roe deer

 

Roe Deer Doe and Two Fawns

Roe Deer Doe and Two Fawns

 

Two Badgers

Two Badgers

 

Muntjac and Rabbit

Muntjac and rabbit

 

Badger and Roe Deer

Badger and roe deer

 

For more images of Roe Deer and Muntjac, please click the links for our deer detail pages.

 

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