Redder

More red than the other deer in the country is the obvious reason we call them so. A glimpse of roe deer shows this well. But they're not always keen to show us what their coats are like.

Interesting to speculate why lying down in heather and bilberry is so appealing to them. Do they want to be hard to see while able to keep watch, or is it the comfort of being surrounded by sheltering shrubs? If it's the first of these then it works better for hinds than for stags.

And they soon stand up if you get too close, allowing us to see just why they are red deer.