White Hart Layby

[dragonfly]

pulled into the layby at the top of Berriedale hoping to get a good pic of village below and look what was having a snack..........

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3260810665_c17e3090a8.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3260810679_d15253ed8b.jpg

photography really has a lot to do with lucky timing!!

[hell raizer]

what a lovely picture dragonfly :)

[Liz]

Oh what great photos Dragonfly.

You arrived just at the right time!:D

[Average]

Wow, thats brilliant. Is that an albino deer?

[John Baikie]

Well done, that's great!! Gorgeous wee thing!:)

[nirofo]

Magic photo, must be extremely rare to see a white deer, but to get the opportunity to photograph one, wow!!! What can I say.

nirofo.

[Kenn]

Lucky you to get such a rare shot, congratulations.

[cuddlepop]

pulled into the layby at the top of Berriedale hoping to get a good pic of village below and look what was having a snack..........

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3260810665_c17e3090a8.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3260810679_d15253ed8b.jpg

photography really has a lot to do with lucky timing!!

Now if that was me finding that and not scaring it off,I'd say that was a good omen.

Great shot.

[dragonfly]

I was thinking something along those line too cuddlepop ;) but we'll leave that for another thread :lol:

ps, we did scare it off but not before I got those 2 pics first. There was another one there too but it bolted as soon as we came into the layby

[dragonfly]

we saw loads of deer on the mountains around Drummochter - assume they were all on the move looking for food

here's some regular deer

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3508/3260743517_e18291609d_b.jpg

[kas]

Great photos, Is it a Red deer (species that is not colour)?

[Mystical Potato Head]

Well done indeed.A very rare capture.

[Tugmistress]

Well done! looks like a very preggie red! wow you lucky person and well done on a good shot of it :D

[A9RUNNER]

Wow what a great shot and a rare chance to see a white deer. Not everyone makes the same decision with such rare animals!

Do not watch the link if you are of a timid nature

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3J-I6TlmuM

[Average]

What a despicable women.

[arana negra]

How lucky are you to see them never mind to be able to capture one on camera ! cracking photos well done :)

[unicorn]

Cracking picture :D
Did the place at Berridale with the windmill not breed white deer many years ago?

[John Baikie]

Wow what a great shot and a rare chance to see a white deer. Not everyone makes the same decision with such rare animals!

Do not watch the link if you are of a timid nature

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3J-I6TlmuM


I have no idea how anyone could do that. And then be so proud.

[unicorn]

I have no idea how anyone could do that. And then be so proud.
Thats what makes us so different from her.....Thankfully.

[kas]

I didnt look at the link but it sounds as if a similar animal may have been killed. These white deer are sometimes a target for poachers.
Here is a link to some footage of a white Stag last year.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7238534.stm

[dragonfly]

Cracking picture :D
Did the place at Berridale with the windmill not breed white deer many years ago?

Unicorn, you sparked a memory of travelling south with my parents and my mother always telling me to look for them (herd of white deer that is) so I just called her and she confirmed that it was real not a figment of my imagination

[unicorn]

Thats how I remembered it my granny and uncle used to do the same thing :lol:

[Haweswater]

The animal in the delightful image is a Fallow doe, very probably an 'escapee' from the Langwell herd (introduced by the late Duke of Portland) that were bred as ornamental 'park deer' - unlike the wild Red, Roe and Sika that one may encounter in the straths and surrounding hill country.
Pockets of Fallow exist in a number of areas across Scotland but the majority of wild (or at least feral) herds are to be found largely in England (e.g. the New Forest),
The Langwell herd was subjected to selective breeding/culling so as to maintain their albino status for ornamental purposes - unlike the albino Red stag that was recently killed by poachers, the latter being an accident of nature.

[unicorn]

Thanks for enlightening us, I was not imagining things then :lol:

[buggyracer]

nice pic, i was just about to ask was it one of the captive ones to be seen near there, next question was the other one with it a male (buck) or a female? as if it was a male then nature may take its course and we may have a population of fallow in the north ;):lol:

[dragonfly]

it ran off pretty quickly but it looked to be the same as the one I managed to get on camera, certainly no antlers on it

[wifie]

Thanks guys this explains the white deer we saw driving up last weekend! TY!