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Mammals - Muntjac Deer Page 16
Image Taken on 16 Feb 2022
at 09:23 Image of day on 18 Mar 2022
Seeing the arrival of the photographer along this path along the inner hedge, this female
Reeves' Muntjac Deer takes a careful look before wandering into the thicket on the right.
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Image Taken on 10 Feb 2021
at 13:48 Image of day on 14 Mar 2021
We expected that Reeve's Muntjac Deer would eat a variety of food from the
baited sites, but so far all we see is her licking up corn.
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Image Taken on 27 Jan 2021
at 10:56 Image of day on 02 Mar 2021
A 'resident' female Reeve's Muntjac Deer has found a shrub in our 'garden'
that is literally 'to her taste'.
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Image Taken on 08 Jan 2021
at 16:32 Image of day on 07 Feb 2021
Here she is at the Woodland camera site, licking up corn grain
(amongst other stuff we prefer not to think about).
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Image Taken on 19 Nov 2018
at 18:19 Image of day on 09 Jan 2019
One of the female Reeve's Muntjac Deer visits the woodland site.
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Image Taken on 19 Nov 2018
at 18:19 Image of day on 09 Jan 2019
A Detail from the Reeve's Muntjac Deer portrait - we think she is lovely!
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Image Taken on 22 Apr 2020
at 20:17 Image of day on 11 May 2020
Three days later, dark enough for the camera to switch to IR illumination,
Mum and Fawn are still roaming the plot.
We think the Fawn may be looking for the 'Milk Bar'
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Image Taken on 16 Sep 2023
at 12:51 Image of day on 07 Nov 2023
The Fawn is Back!
On the left the Fawn is following Mum from the 'building site' outside
through the hedge gap to follow her over the dry ditch.
On the right of the white bar (included in this accurate montage so as not to
imply that the Fawn is looking back at Mum) we get a view of the Fawn looking
at nothing we can see in the original pic.
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Ref: 20231107_bu7_20230916_1251_115+120 muntjac reeves deer female & fawn entering at south hedge gap 2+7 of 7 (accurate montage + bar)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Apr 2021
at 00:19 Image of day on 02 May 2021
A delightful sighting of a Reeve's Muntjac Deer Fawn and mother quietly
walking through the orchard.
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Image Taken on 16 Sep 2023
at 13:05 Image of day on 07 Nov 2023
15 minutes later the camera at the east hedge gap catches the Reeves's Muntjac
Mother and Fawn moving past the camera at enough speed to blur the image.
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Image Taken on 18 Feb 2020
at 02:36 Image of day on 14 Mar 2020
Inside one minute female and then male Reeves Muntjac Deer pass over the same
point by the ditch. Undoubtedly the male was 'following' as they do!
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Ref: 20200314_bu7_20200218_0236_029+0237_036 muntjac reeves deer female & then male by ditch (montage 1 minute apart)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 22 Nov 2018
at 22:29 Image of day on 14 Jan 2019
The female Reeve's Muntjac deer seems not so bothered by the
camera noise and flash that she doesn't visit this site again after a
few days in the dark of a moonless night.
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Image Taken on 10 May 2022
at 09:34 Image of day on 17 Jun 2022
No, not a still from Disney's Bambi, but capturing a moment of peace at Round
pond.
Bottom upward we see the now 'finished' Daffodils, one of female Reeves' Muntjac Deer,
Cow Parsley, Dock, Forget-me-not and Garlic Mustard. Oh, and some grass to fill the gaps.
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Ref: 20220617_bu5_20220510_0934_134_sc1 muntjac reeves deer female + daffodils + cow parsley +dock + forget-me-not + garlic mustard(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 19 Apr 2020
at 14:18 Image of day on 11 May 2020
Next day the early afternoon lighting provides a much better pic of
just Mum and her Fawn at the same place.
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Image Taken on 26 Oct 2023
at 00:36 Image of day on 06 Dec 2023
The Reeves' Muntjac Deer Fawn has now mostly lost their juvenile spots.
Here 8 minutes apart we see Mum and her youngster.
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Image Taken on 08 May 2020
at 22:41 Image of day on 04 Jun 2020
A montage of 3 moments to get all three members of the Reeve's Muntjac Deer family
in the frame at once, in the positions they actually occupied.
Left to right: Mum, Fawn and a male that we assume must be Dad.
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Image Taken on 18 Apr 2020
at 19:57 Image of day on 11 May 2020
We are delighted to report that one of the female Reeve's Muntjac Deer has had a Fawn!
Here are left to right are the Dad, Fawn and Mum in the gloom of evening.
Try to imagine their little hard hooves clicking their way along our concrete access track.
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Image Taken on 14 Aug 2020
at 21:15 Image of day on 26 Sep 2020
Our little Reeve's Muntjac Deer family entering the site from the just harvested
and harrowed farm land near the North East corner.
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Image Taken on 19 Dec 2020
at 14:13 Image of day on 24 Jan 2021
This female Reeve's Muntjac Deer spent 10 minutes feeding at the woodland site.
An amusing sideline is the Grey Squirrel creeping ever closer.
She can be seen just behind the thigh of the front legs at the left,
and 10 minutes the Squirrel seems to be right under the Deer.
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Image Taken on 05 Feb 2022
at 19:20 Image of day on 10 Mar 2022
For the rest of the night at typically 2 hourly intervals the Deer returns for short stays.
Always approaching in the same direction, here are one image from all six visits after
the initial long stay.
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Ref: 20220310_e64_20220205_1920_183-20220206_0628_201_fb2 muntjac reeves deer female 6 visits at woodland site over 11 hours 1-3+5+4+6 of 6 (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
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