Bark in the Woods

It's not just birch trees that have distinctive barks (see Birch Appeal). Nor the dogs regularly walked across parts of Blacka. A single clear bark echoing through the woods could be a sign of the presence of roe deer. It was this morning.

There were several barks early on coming from a group of does, probably three, elegantly moving between the trees showing their white rumps. These woods seem made for them. They are more difficult to approach than red deer and the bark is an alarm call. This time I was able to follow them for nearly ten minutes, never getting as good a view as I would like but enough to admire their beauty of form and movement.