Fallow Deer Cottage
Fallow cottage has a safely enclosed garden for the smaller visitors with a lawn flower border and patio with garden furniture.
Fallow deer cottage. Fallow deer dama dama medium sized deer of the family cervidae order artiodactyla that is frequently kept on estates in parks and in zoos the common fallow deer dama dama dama is native to the eastern mediterranean. View availability or book online. Fallow deer rut april to mid may and bucks can become preoccupied with attracting does.
Fallow deer seen in the fields at fullers hill cottages lt gransden. Fallow deer cottage is a fabulous little cottage in the grounds of the owners home. Adult bucks are 140 160 cm 55 63 in long 85 95 cm 33 37 in in shoulder height and typically 60 100 kg 130 220 lb in weight.
Does are 130 150 cm 51 59 in long 75 85 cm 30 33 in in shoulder height and 30 50 kg 66 110 lb in weight. A number of them then took up residency in haley wood about a 1 5 mile east from fuller s hill cottages. During the rut bucks may engage in quite intense fights which can result in points being broken of antlers.
Get details on deer park cottage in gunton park near hanworth with hoseasons. Dama mesopotamica is native to iran. They tend to only live in areas where there is plenty of food in the summer and a decent chance of finding it in the winter months.
If hunting for trophies the rut is a good time to locate and secure trophy animals. The cottage has a lovely little fenced garden with a swing slide and sandpit overlooking a paddock with two ponies in. The male fallow deer is known as a buck the female is a doe and the young a fawn.
Joce and david are very attentive and wonderfully welcoming hosts as you become part of the extended family for your stay. The nature trust purchased the wood in the late 60 s and the deer lived there and. It is easy to see the fallow deer as they tend to feed out in the open grassy areas.