Huntin' And Shootin'

I went for a quick walk at Lodge Farm this evening, the site of a royal hunting lodge.

I was surprised to see a cricket match underway in the distance, I thought the season was over. As I approached a wooded area around a pond I saw a pair of deer in the distance. They stood and stared at me for a while then took flight. The area is quite undulating for Essex and I managed to get the above shot before the young buck disappeared below the brow of the hill.

As I walked back towards the car with the faint sound of leather on willow and muffled clapping drifting across the fields I flushed a covey of partridges and startled a brown hare.