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Mammals - Muntjac Deer Page 9
Image Taken on 07 Dec 2007
at 14:44 Image of day on 05 Jan 2008
At last a decent pic of 'our' Muntjac male. Judging by the
unequal antlers and torn ears he is the same individual we have
seen a few times in surveillance pictures. We were on opposite
sides of a low hedge which seemed to give him some courage to
stay, but not for long.
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Image Taken on 15 May 2023
at 15:15 Image of day on 29 Jun 2023
Our last sighting of the regular male Muntjac Deer had lost just one Antler.
Here he is now Antler free with the stubs flat-topped ready to grow a new set.
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Image Taken on 16 May 2023
at 09:54 Image of day on 29 Jun 2023
Next day we see him contemplating the camera as he chews the cud.
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Image Taken on 20 Jan 2016
at 07:55 Image of day on 23 Feb 2016
A male Muntjac Deer at the Woodland camera site hoping to find a little food.
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Image Taken on 24 Feb 2010
at 13:48 Image of day on 23 Mar 2010
The return of the muntjac deer. The first image was it 'playing'
tag with some magpies - we felt this image helps give a sense of
scale normally missing for this tiny deer. The white spec at the
bottom of the head immediately below the eye is his tusk -
a vampire Bambi?
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Image Taken on 21 Apr 2026
at 14:21 Image of day on 26 May 2026
Antler tops are sticking out of the top of the 'velvet' that supplies blood
to the growing 'pseudo bone' antlers. We saw one like this weeks ago so
this must be another individual.
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Image Taken on 07 Sep 2016
at 22:37 Image of day on 26 Oct 2016
Our occasional sighting of Muntjac Deer are usually of solitary animals. So this
image of 2 males apparently having a trial of strength on the bank of Round pond
is a first for us. The water is behind the animal at the top and it likely that
it was pushed down the bank and into the water. 3 images left to right a few seconds apart.
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Image Taken on 21 May 2017
at 20:30 Image of day on 15 Jul 2017
And here the endearing mother and Fawn together image. The Fawn happily pushed
through the stinging nettles and mother actually appeared to eat some.
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Image Taken on 31 Dec 2013
at 17:17 Image of day on 12 Feb 2014
The covert IR cameras caught several images of Mother and Fawn of
which we like this one the most.
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Image Taken on 20 Apr 2017
at 05:41 Image of day on 10 Jun 2017
Half an hour before seeing the male Muntjac deer near the house, the trail cam
at Round Pond used it's IR lamp to catch this gorgeous little triplet of Mother
Muntjac Deer followed by a really tiny new Fawn. Mum is barely the height of the
daffodils, so this youngster is really tiny - certainly the smallest fawn we
have ever 'seen' here.
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Image Taken on 26 Jul 2014
at 21:31 Image of day on 09 Oct 2014
The Muntjac Deer Fawn at the 'woodland' site.
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Image Taken on 26 Jul 2014
at 21:32 Image of day on 09 Oct 2014
1 minute later it has walked around and now mother can be seen in attendance.
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Image Taken on 26 Jul 2014
at 21:32 Image of day on 09 Oct 2014
The Muntjac Fawn looks rather wet, and this detail from the above
shows the Fawn's chin splattered with Duckweed. We did see it
slip into the water of the main pond on the CCTV one night, but
can't definitely tie up the dates.
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Image of day on 09 Aug 2005
The Muntjac deer at the front of the house after photographing
itself the night before.
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Image Taken on 14 Aug 2018
at 03:25 Image of day on 05 Oct 2018
What we assume is the same pair of Reeves Muntjac Deer first by the edge
of Round Pond, and an hour later at the end of the orchard 100m away,
where the male is sniffing the female 'in hope'.
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Image Taken on 03 Jan 2023
at 22:04 Image of day on 22 Jan 2023
The female Reeves' Muntjac Deer (left) has entered through the normal hedge gap.
The male (right) seems to have come in by another route - these seemingly
impenetrable hedge stems are little barrier to creatures of this size.
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Image Taken on 20 Feb 2018
at 13:58 Image of day on 25 Mar 2018
Though an upstairs window was this sight of a pair of Muntjac Deer quietly
feeding together on the path East-West across the meadow.
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Image Taken on 21 Apr 2017
at 15:47 Image of day on 20 Jun 2017
We surprised this pair of Muntjac Deer (male nearest to us) along
our east inside boundary path. We stared at each other a for a
minute or two before they decided to depart.
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Image Taken on 21 Apr 2017
at 15:47 Image of day on 20 Jun 2017
The female behind the (out of focus) male us showing her long and manoeuvrable tongue.
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Image Taken on 16 Mar 2018
at 06:54 Image of day on 21 Apr 2018
The Reeves Muntjac Deer male stares at the cameraman ...
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