Thanks to Peter for this picture of the deer at Wick Hall through the trees from Radley lakes. He says these countryside walks start only a few hundred yards from the Peachcroft/Audlett Drive estates.
The hide on the Abingdon side of Radley lakes has a large poster of birds on the wall and on Peter’s visit he identified several species of duck and other water birds eg different gulls, grebes and cormorant. He says “Who knows what you might see. (Take your binoculars though!). There is a claim of someone seeing an osprey last autumn! The path around the lake is easy to follow and well worth a visit. The Earth Trust have done a marvellous job so far and I hope they raise the funds to build a visitor centre.“
These are super pictures, thanks Peter and Alastair.
some nice fallow deer, is this wick hall / drysdale estate? i never knew there was deer park here until recently and i walk up there all the time.
I had one of these deer wandering through my garden next to Radley Church on New Years Eve 2017. A stray from the Wick Hall herd at a guess.