Roe Deer
Capreolus capreolus
After mating in midsummer the embryo remains dormant and only resumes development from around December – so the fawns are born in the favourable early summer despite the early rut. The buck sheds its antlers in autumn and regrows them over the winter.
- Group
- Hoofed Game
- Photos
- 3
- Taken
- 2019–2025
Profile: Roe Deer
- Family
- Deer (Cervidae)
- Size
- approx. 107–127 cm head and body length
- Weight
- approx. 17–34 kg
- Habitat
- Highly adaptable: woodland edges, open woods and farmland with patches of cover.
- Diet
- A selective browser that picks buds, young shoots, herbs and leaves.
- When to see
- Most active at dawn and dusk. The rut takes place in July and August; the usually one or two fawns are born in May and June.
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