Watching us watching them, on a quiet walk through the deer park at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
Have you spotted the two albinos?
Fallow deer at Fountains
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Watching us watching them, on a quiet walk through the deer park at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
Have you spotted the two albinos?
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From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Always nice with active wildlife in the vicinity 🙂
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Yes, it’s always a treat to see these deer.
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How utterly gorgeous! 🙂 🙂 Have a lovely day, Margaret!
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Thanks Jo. Going walking with a friend on a mighty chilly day. Hope you have a good day too.
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Wrap up warm! Wet here. We were doing a stroll to a coffee and cake but it’s in grave doubt 😦 😦
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Oh dear, what a shame. We had unexpected FOG, and lots of it. A Jo’s Monday Walk coming up soon!
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Wonderful! We’ve just started a socially distanced party 🤣. In our own homes but meeting shortly at the restaurant. Christmas come early 💕💕
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Christmas is cancelled here, as far as I’m concerned. Good for you!
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Less than perfect clarity, maybe…but lovely captures all the same!
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It’s always more luck that judgement with me when zooming.
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But with a modern camera, WYSIWYG….either by looking through the viewfinder and hence the lens’ view, or by looking at the rear screen….
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I haven’t a clue what you’re talking about!
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Erm…speak on Saturday! Or what camera do you use??
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A Lumix Panasonic DMC – TZ80. But you won’t persuade me to go twiddling knobs. I left the only photography course I ever went on because I realised that knob-twiddling wasn’t for me. The automatic setting has a better brain than me!
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OK, so it’s a compact…how do you get the lens to zoom- surely there’s a knob for that??
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A wheel actually – so there!
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But you can do that…so no knobs, but wheels are OK??
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But no decision is involved. Either you zoom … or you don’t. Job done.
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Yes, but you said zooming was a challenge for you…??
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Only because the technical equipment I’m provided with, though good, isn’t top flight.
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OK…
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Oh yes, and I have noted the albinos
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What beauty, thanks for the pictures.
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Too mean of me not to share!
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How lovely 😍
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Always such a treat to see them, and to get relatively close.
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🙂
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Beautiful Deer’s
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They really are.
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Yes Margaret
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Great to see them all looking so relaxed, Margaret. I’ve never seen albino deer before. I particularly like the shot where the very proud albino is staring at is over that fallen tree.
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They seem to have gained in confidence over he two Lockdowns with fewer people around. They quite enjoy posing, sometimes, I think.
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Beautiful! No lock down there! What a lovely place to live ! Xx
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No, they’re in a Social Bubble, but they keep a Social Distance from us. Aren’t we lucky?
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Ah, beautiful! There is something ethereal about deer; they represent peace and gentleness for me. Despite the rutting seasons! And yes, I spotted the albinos though I might have missed them had you not suggested we look properly. Any day is better for the sighting of a deer 😊
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It really is, isn’t it? I see them often, but t always feels special and quite a privilege.
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Actually, intriguing, the albino that is looking towards us doesn’t appear to have red eyes
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I know what you mean. Pinkish perhaps. But they aren’t sparkly white either.
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OK
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That’s a lot of deer! … and yes – I spotted the albinos. 🙂 Thanks for sharing … and Thanksgiving greetings from the US.
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Greetings to you too! It must have been a funny old Thanksgiving for you this year, but I hope you were able to enjoy it.
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You are spoiling us. Fountains and these enchanting deer – you are truly making me pea green with envy.
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It really is a treat to walk there and see them – and all the ancient trees too.
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My last deer sighting was in Shropshire, they are magnificent creatures. Not sure there are any in Cornwall. 🤔
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Gosh, that’s quite surprising. We could send you a few!
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Yes, I spotted the two albinos. Thanks for pointing them out. 😀
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They certainly stand out!
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Lovely! And – yes!
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Yes.. someone posted recently here in France a white Ibex which is very rare..
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I never managed to see an ibex when we lived in France – of any colour.
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I am surrounded by them.. To be fair I know where to go and hike if I want to see them.. 😉
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Wow! Beautiful clicks✨💜
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Thank you! They posed nicely.
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Indeed 😀
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They are pretty and I love the dappled colouration. I hope that breeding specifically for white deer does not become a fashion as it has for some unfortunate animal species here …
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I doubt it. Most deer parks are keen on tradition. I’m not even clear how Sika deer got a look in at Studley.
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It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. Deer in every field. 🙂
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Maybe. But it’s not feeling like Christmas to me and I don’t think it will this year.
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True, but the deer have a Christmassie feel to them.
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They do.
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Cool shots.
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Thank you!
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Love these deer – such a crowd of them together!
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We’re lucky to have so many nearby.
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Incidentally I see from other comments that like me you’re a Panasonic Lumix user. Is yours a point and shoot model or one of their bridge cameras? I have one of each and I’m a huge fan of the bridge camera – it does everything I want it to without the hassle of a DSLR
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A lovely place to walk – always enjoy seeing the deer there 🙂
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They make a fine walk special, don’t they?
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Yes always love seeing the deer on my visits here 🙂
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