The rise of the Roe Deer.

I didn't see my first Roe Deer locally until 2015 although it first featured on the blog in 2013 with a photo taken by Roger on Beeley Moor. Since then sightings have increased year on year and I've had several sightings this year already. This morning two animals were on the road close to Screetham House, yesterday I had close views of one in Farley Plantation and during lockdown I had two sightings in Halldale Wood.
So it seems they are now well established in Farley and Halldale but also on the fringes of the moor. I've never seen one west of the Derwent River but would guess they are also in the Manners Wood area SE of Bakewell.

Roe Deer - Farley Plantation