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The Red Deer of the New Forest, though the biggest of all British deer species, are also elusive and comparatively few in number (numbers are kept to about 100, with an annual cull carried out by the Forestry Commission).
The open heathland around the Burley area and Ober Heath, near Brockenhurst, are good places to see these majestic animals that are more associated with the highlands of Scotland than southern England. The deer are most active at dawn and dusk.During the Rut the bucks can be heard making a very distinctive and throaty roaring noise, but for most of the year are not very vocal. Fights between bucks during the rut can be fierce and sometimes fatal.
The open heathland around the Burley area and Ober Heath, near Brockenhurst, are good places to see these majestic animals that are more associated with the highlands of Scotland than southern England. The deer are most active at dawn and dusk.During the Rut the bucks can be heard making a very distinctive and throaty roaring noise, but for most of the year are not very vocal. Fights between bucks during the rut can be fierce and sometimes fatal.
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