Sign for the Roebuck Hotel
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Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 1 Feb 2011
This sign is on Image and features a Roe buck with a rather magnificent set of antlers. The Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) is the smallest native deer in the UK, during the winter the colour of its coat varies from grey/brown to black while in summer it is reddish/brown to sandy. Although they can be found in most areas of Britain they are more common in East Anglia, the Lake District, the southern counties of England and most of Scotland. Although active throughout much of the day they are mainly active during the twilight hours (or crepuscular). Very quick and agile, Roe Deer prefer to live in woodland but will venture out into fields sometimes. When alarmed both the does and the bucks will utter a short bark and flash their white rumps. Roe Deer have been present in this country from before the Mesolithic period (6 to 10 thousand years before present), but forest clearance and over-hunting led to them becoming extinct in England by 1800. There were still some remaining populations in the wooded patches of Scotland however, and after several reintroductions during Victorian times and with their subsequent, natural spread aided by an increase in woodland and forest planting in the 20th century it has meant that the Roe Deer have become widespread and abundant today.
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