I love this thread. You guys are fun. It's like Autumnwatch with proper jokes

yesterday we chanced upon rutting (fallow - I think) deer on the Wrekin; well, we heard them first. What a noise!
We got to about 30 yards, stood and watched, not much to see in the gloom really, but they weren't bothered by us at all, we ran on... to be buzzed a couple of miles later by bats. Did I mention the owls?