This morning around 8.30am,Sheila was on the computerand I was looking out of the lounge window,when I saw a fairly large animal about1000yards away in farmer Joe's field,looking through the binoculars I saw a deer, I estimate about 3feet in height,Sheila ,remembering Sir George claimed never to have seen a deer around here,in all his 79yrs as a resident ,called him on the phone as I observed the deer,unfortunately it went down in the ditch and was then hidden from view ,just as she put the phone down.
This is the third one Sheila has seen and my second,the others were near the church at theddlethorpe and the copse on stain hill,I think they must use the dykes as cover to hide from view,and also for drinking water.
When I initially spotted it the sun was on it and highlighted its beige colour,there were no antlers visible, and it stood motionless for about 20 seconds giving us both time to look through the binoculars at it,unfortunately it was not enough time to get a photo,and the zoom is not powerfull enough to pick it out.
Living here beats the living daylights out of city living, though the wind can be a little strong at times,and last night was a case in point,the hailstones were rattling the bedroom window like pebbles.
So Sandra the Pom,no snakes and spiders here,just honest to goodness English wildlife.
Update at 8.pm I saw another deer at midday,which had darker colouring and could be the stag,at around the same place and I told Mrs farmer joe to take a look ,hopefully she saw it too,and it was much darker coloured with a white tail.
Mrs . Brocolli brought Sheila back safely but shaken ,after their trip out this morning,could be a positive outcome to the trip,in the sense that sheila appreciates what a good driver I am.
Graham the Visionary
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I agree. Country living is much better than city living. I can't wait to go to Montana for July and soon would like to live there 6 months a year and eventually permanently there or some other place.
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