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Kirkmichael, BLAIRGOWRIE, PH10 7NR

Roe deer are shy creatures, most active at dawn and dusk, and feed mainly on tree shoots and shrubs. The foxy-red summer coat thickens and darkens to grey-brown in autumn, but the white patch on the rump remains visible. These two bucks are resting near the boundary fence between a grass field and woodland.

Just by junction at Kirkmichael of B950 & A924. Newly built house, being completed

The Roe Deer is a relatively small deer, with a body length of 95-135 cm, a shoulder height of 65-75 cm, and a weight of 15-30 kg. It has rather short, erect antlers and a reddish body with a grey face. Its hide is golden red in summer, darkening to brown or even black in winter, with lighter undersides and a white rump patch; the tail is very short and barely visible. Only the males have antlers. The first and second set of antlers are unbranched and short ( 5-12 cm), while older bucks in good conditions develop antlers up to 20-25 cm long with two or three, rarely even four, points. Unlike most cervids, roe deer begin regrowing antlers almost immediately after they are shed. The Roe Deer is primarily crepuscular, or primarily active during the twilight, very quick and graceful, lives in woods although it may venture into grasslands and sparse forests. It feeds mainly on grass, leaves, berries and young shoots. When alarmed, the Roe Deer will bark a sound much like a dog and flash out its white rump patch. Rump patches differ between the sexes, with the white rump patches heart-shaped on females and kidney-shaped on males. Males may also bark, make a low grunting noise or make a high pitched wolf-like whine when attracting mates during the breeding season, often luring multiple does into their territory. The Roe Deer spends most of its life alone, preferring to live solitary except when mating during the breeding season.

Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) This small, graceful deer, reaching 28" at the shoulder, is the most attractive deer in Britain. It is delicately built and has an intelligent soft expression. The coat is foxy red from May to September but turn dark grey-brown with a white rump patch in winter. Roe deer are common in parts of England and widespread in Scotland, liking plantations and thickets which are sheltered and dry.

Approaching the junction and war memorial on the B950 from Dalmunzie, to join the A924 from Bridge of Canny.

The memorial stands on the junction of the A924 and the B950.

For a wider view of the memorial Image

At the B950/A924 road junction.

This celtic style stone cross stands at the junction of the A924 and B950 roads at Kirkmichael, in Strath Ardle, Perthshire.