Roe deer
Capreolus capreolus
many, the roe is the most delightful of our deer. Small, graceful and immaculate in its foxy red summer coat, it has adapted to live not just in the deciduous woodland it prefers but habitats as varied as the open hill of the Highlands, the grass-covered downland of southern England and even the urban fringe. Today, with the exceptions of some parts of Wales and the Midlands and the southeastern tip of
