paul k
Well-Known Member
I was watching Iolo Williams new series on "Great Welsh Parks" and the programme in question was featuring Pontypool park which is essentially urban and quite a long way from known deer habitat. He mentioned that many people had observed occasional deer in the park and called in a guy from the Deer Initiative to have a look. He was content that there were signs of deer having been in the woods and from the height of the browse line thought they might be roe although one report from the park staff referred to a "stag", again conceivably a roe buck but more likely a fallow buck. It would be nice to think that roe were working their way into the Welsh valleys as there is a lot of good habitat now as long as the lampers and dog boys leave them alone.