As per title really, what options are available?
I'll add a little context for those who wish to read it.
One side of my property shares a boundary with a water board company who's land covers several hectares, has water treatment units and some open land with three copses and maintained grassland. We are 2 1/2 miles out from the centre of a big city and on one side of the water board land is a main road into the city. The rest of the water board land is well fenced where it backs on to other open land and has a high stone wall around the rest of it where it borders the back gardens of local houses. Deer have lived on this land for about 25 years and I've always considered them to be fairly captive and self-contained, feeding on the grassland and copses and rearing young.
During this time I've seen several deer on a daily basis on the land but only once seen one outside it. I know of one event where a deer was in the car park of a block of apartments that back on to the land. I've never heard of deer being seen or wandering onto the main road or been run over.
An area of just less than one hectare that contains the largest copse and borders my property and that of neighbours has been sold and a planning application has been submitted for housing to be built.
It is quite possible that if the development goes ahead they may simply fence the existing deer into the water board side of the land and let nature sort itself out.
Any further thoughts or ideas gratefully received.
Thanks,
Mick
I'll add a little context for those who wish to read it.
One side of my property shares a boundary with a water board company who's land covers several hectares, has water treatment units and some open land with three copses and maintained grassland. We are 2 1/2 miles out from the centre of a big city and on one side of the water board land is a main road into the city. The rest of the water board land is well fenced where it backs on to other open land and has a high stone wall around the rest of it where it borders the back gardens of local houses. Deer have lived on this land for about 25 years and I've always considered them to be fairly captive and self-contained, feeding on the grassland and copses and rearing young.
During this time I've seen several deer on a daily basis on the land but only once seen one outside it. I know of one event where a deer was in the car park of a block of apartments that back on to the land. I've never heard of deer being seen or wandering onto the main road or been run over.
An area of just less than one hectare that contains the largest copse and borders my property and that of neighbours has been sold and a planning application has been submitted for housing to be built.
It is quite possible that if the development goes ahead they may simply fence the existing deer into the water board side of the land and let nature sort itself out.
Any further thoughts or ideas gratefully received.
Thanks,
Mick