Red deer Cervus elaphus
Every autumn, moor and forest from the high tops of the Highlands to the woodlands of East Anglia and the expanses of Exmoor echo with challenging roars and the rattle of clashing antlers. The red deer rut is on.
The stags are battling to establish the right to pass their genes, witnessed by the hinds waiting while whoever will sire the next generation is determined. Having lived apart in single-sex herds
