Fawn in West Dale

Bambi breaks cover

Friday 26th June 2015

I needed a walk today, so drove to Fridaythorpe and walked along the Yorkshire Wolds Way and into West Dale which is Open Access. West Dale probably gets it's name from the fact that it is west of Fridaythorpe, but the dale runs north to south. Four deer emerged from a wood. The two adults and two young fawns on seeing me darted back into the wood. I carried on walking reflecting on such a great sight, when one of the fawns suddenly ran in front of me. I quickly took a photo, panning at the same time and managed an image of the Roe deer fawn in mid flight. You can tell by the height of the grass that it was a very young fawn. I turned and walked back happy.