[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1434538871508{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Fallow Deer” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The male fallow deer is known as a buck, the female is a doe, and the young a fawn. They were first brought to Britain from the western Mediterranean during the Roman period, when they were kept within enclosures known as ‘vivaria’.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”669″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1538723380845{padding-top: 15px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Variation in Colour” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Much variation occurs in the coat colour of the species, with four main variants: common, menil, melanistic, and leucistic. They prefer to graze grasses although they will take trees and dwarf shrub shoots in autumn and winter.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”684″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1538723452818{padding-top: 15px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”All Images by CRUSH Photography©” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crush.photography%2F”][vc_column_text]Only bucks have antlers, which are broad and shovel-shaped (palmate) from three years. In the first two years, the antler is a single spike. Groups of adult males and females, usually with young, remain apart for most of the year in large woodlands, only coming together to breed.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”686″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1538723770457{padding-top: 15px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Read More …” color=”orange” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bds.org.uk%2Findex.php%2Fadvice-education%2Fspecies%2Ffallow-deer|title:The%20British%20Deer%20Society|target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]