Roe Deer Close Encounter at WWT Welney

[BDennis]

When we went to WWT Welney Wetlands in Norfolk a few weeks ago the paths were flooded so we could only go to the main hide for some viewing of swans and ducks.

Some paths around Lady Fen from the car park were open though so we did a walk around there after lunch in the cafe. Looking for some birds we suddenly saw these Roe Deer running towards us in a field adjacent to the path. For a moment I thought they were going to jump the fence right into us but they veered off at the last minute of course.

I took the approximate distances out of the exif for this sequence, the closest shots are hardly cropped at all!

OM-1 + 150-400mm TC

65 metres at 500mm

Roe Deer by Bill Dennis, on Flickr

25 metres at 236mm

Roe Deer by Bill Dennis, on Flickr

23 metres at 236mm

Roe Deer by Bill Dennis, on Flickr

70 metres at 360mm

Roe Deer by Bill Dennis, on Flickr

I made a time-lapse video of all the shots from the encounter here on YouTube

Thanks for looking!

Bill

[Woollyback]

Nice set of images

[Ian]

This is the type of deer we have here in SW France, called 'chevreuil'. It's not difficult to spot them in the farmers' fields.

Ian

[BDennis]

The odd thing was we were watching some Chinese Water deer the these ran past from another direction, quite a surprise! The French name sounds familiar.

Bill

[MJ224]

Amazing set Bill. Lovely shots..

[davcoll]

Lovely set Bill.

Dave