Muntjac

The little male muntjac deer was nibbling our grass this morning before the snow/hail arrived.  He ventures further out of the woods at this time of the year when there is so little for him to eat there.

When he headed for the flower beds, we chased him off.  But now we are in London and he has the place to himself.  In previous years he has sometimes stripped every leaf off our shrubs, leaving a skeleton of branches.  They recover eventually...