It must be a restricted view of the world, but the hinds make sure that calves stay in the bracken until old enough to be trusted. I was looking for this one having spotted the mother a little way ahead. There was a group of stags not far away who were not the same as the more mature ones seen recently.
This morning's bright sun followed a cold night and the bracken is definitely on the decline well tinged with scorch.
If you come here in the early morning sunlight and see the mix of trees creating spaces among the exuberant lower vegetation all the result of years of no grazing, and then you see the wildlife thrillingly close up how can anyone carry on telling us that the place must be managed with chain saws and must be grazed with boring farm livestock?
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