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🦌 Deer Trivia Tuesday: Swearing on the Horn
Until the late 19th century, travellers visiting Highgate could become "Freemen of Highgate" through a tradition known as Swearing on the Horn. Many local inns kept stag antlers for the ceremony.
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🦌 Deer Trivia Tuesday: Monogamy Among Deer
Roe deer are sometimes thought to be monogamous because rutting bucks are often only seen with one doe at a time. In fact, a roe buck will readily seek to mate with other receptive does when the opportunity arises.
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🦌 Deer Trivia: Wallowing
Some species, particularly red deer, use muddy wallows to cool down and gain relief from biting insects. During the rut, stags often wallow more frequently, coating themselves in mud and scent to advertise their presence.
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🦌 Deer are often creatures of habit, using the same well-trodden tracks between feeding, resting and breeding areas.
They also favour familiar crossing points, and some species return to traditional rutting grounds year after year.
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Image: A forest roe deer trail
Deer Trivia: The barking deer
Muntjac are probably the most vocal UK deer, and their alternative name of ‘barking deer’ reflects this. The fox-like barks, repeated every few seconds, are often the first indication of their presence and might go on for long periods. #DeerTrivia
Deer Trivia: Fallow in the UK
Fallow deer have been introduced to Britain from the eastern Mediterranean by people centuries ago. The Normans helped spread them widely through deer parks, and many wild populations today descend from escaped or released park deer. #DeerTrivia
Deer Trivia: Bone Tools
Deer bones were widely used by Indigenous peoples across North America, from awls for working hides to scapulae adapted as digging tools. In some regions, tibiae were even made into flutes. Tools varied by culture and landscape.
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#DeerTrivia :Eating Bones & Antlers
Deer sometimes chew bones and cast antlers for minerals like calcium and phosphorus. This behaviour (osteophagy) is uncommon but seen in wild and captive deer, mainly in spring and summer when nutritional demands are highest.
#DeerTrivia : Monkey Business
Chital deer in India often associate with grey langur monkeys. Deer feed beneath langur trees to catch dropped food, while monkeys provide early predator warnings. Both species recognise and respond to each other’s alarm calls.
Deer Trivia: The newest deer species - Part 1
The Peruvian Yungas pudu (Pudella carlae) was recognised as a distinct species in 2024. Just 38 cm tall and weighing up to 9 kg, it’s one of the world’s smallest deer. Endemic to Peru’s Andean cloud forests. #DeerTrivia
Deer Trivia: The White Stag of Narnia
The White Stag in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a legendary wish‑granting creature. Chasing it leads the Pevensie siblings out of Narnia and back home, echoing Celtic myths where white deer guide profound change. #DeerTrivia
Deer Trivia: Photoperiod and the rut
Daylight length controls most deer breeding. Red and fallow deer rut in Sept–Oct in Europe, but in Australia & New Zealand they rut in Mar–Apr. Some Asiatic species, like muntjac and axis deer, can breed year-round.
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Deer Trivia: Sika in Ireland
The first sika were brought to Powerscourt Park, Co. Wicklow, in 1860. They thrived and multiplied, with stock sent to Muckross and other parks. Escapes and releases shaped many of today’s wild populations.
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#DeerTrivia : Sika in Scotland
Wild sika in Scotland predate English by over 20 years. The first arrived at Tulliallan around 1870. Initially fenced, they were eventually allowed to roam the forest. Further introductions & escapes soon established sika in other parts of Scotland
Deer Trivia: Sika in England
The first sika deer arrived in Britain in 1860. Free-living populations began to appear around 1896 after a release on Brownsea Island, Dorset, with some swimming to the mainland and establishing on the Purbeck Peninsula. #DeerTrivia
#DeerTrivia : Matriarchies
Outside the rut, female red deer lead herds of hinds and calves, while males stick to bachelor groups. Female leadership keeps the herd cohesive and safe.
#DeerTrivia : Expensive antlers
The giant deer Megaloceros giganteus stood around 2 metres at the shoulder and ranged from Ireland across much of Europe. In April 2000 a set of Megaloceros antlers recovered from an Irish peat bog sold at Christie’s in London for £47,000.
Deer Trivia: Moulting
Most deer moult, or change their coats, twice a year, with UK species generally in full summer pelage by the end of June. Moult usually starts on the face and neck, spreads down the body, and finally reaches the legs and lower body.
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Deer Trivia: Deer Droppings
A reliable sign of deer presence is their droppings. Usually oval pellets, green, brown or black, they’re smooth and shiny when fresh and dull as they dry. Often scattered, but some species like muntjac use regular latrine sites.
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Deer Trivia: Fallow Deer Colour Varieties
Fallow deer are fashionistas of the deer world! 🦌 They show a range of colours: common, menil, black, white, and rarer shades like sooty-dun or silver-grey. Most other deer species have more uniform coats.
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