Having been excited about last week's fallow deer this weekend found us in New Forest once again. The same way we were outdoors from Friday afternoon until Sunday evening. On Saturday I picked wooded areas for the hike like Matley Wood, Denny Inclosure and Parkhill Inclosure, while the following day we wandered the heathland across Whitemoor Heath and Longwater Lawn.
New Forest's boundary at Foxhills
the first night completely clear sky and very strong moonlight surrounded us falling to sleep
in the morning the usual fog welcomed us well before sunrise
finally the sun managed to rise at 8 am
steaming bracken heaps by Matley Wood
crabapple
unmatched eyes of a pony
camera sniffing and lens fogging
in Matley Wood
Matley Heath looking towards Lyndhurst
the first pair of fallow deer
robberfly chewing on a midge
some creature's been really keen on dung beetle
heather bales
anthills
today's first fallow buck that took the hassle to wait a couple of seconds for a picture
boggy clearing in the woods
Shatter Bottom bog
fallow deer herd at dusk
heathland and oil refinery at dawn
sunrise almost a minute later than yesterday
sleeping pitch
donkies at Matley camp site
White Moor & Lyndhurst
Matley Heath
hovering kestrel
horn
someone had a serious nap
Finally we managed to sneak up upon a larger fallow deer herd with a km of detour and about 50 metres of crawling at Longwater Lawn. Here I was quite busy taking pictures obscured by bracken.
A video has been recorded too:
beautiful Beaulieu river
lesser stag beetle got rescued after failing at its swimming lesson
deer trails