Taking advantage of a rare day of glorious weather, we spent a morning at Richmond Park in Surrey on Sunday. The idea was to photograph the tail end of Red Deer rut in what promised to be one of those lovely still, crisp and cold November mornings.

It quickly became evident that most of the action was over for another year so we had to settle for a couple of nice portraits of the males instead.

Being such a lovely morning, it seemed a shame to waste an opportunity to photograph some of the resident birds on Pen Ponds including Mute Swans, Egyptian Geese, Tufted Ducks and Moorhens.

Red Deer Stag
Red Deer Stag
Red Deer Stag bellowing
Red Deer Stag bellowing
Egyptian Geese Flying over Pen Ponds
Egyptian Geese Flying over Pen Ponds
Juvenile Mute Swan in flight
Juvenile Mute Swan in flight
Juvenile Moorhen on Pen Ponds
Juvenile Moorhen on Pen Ponds
Male Tufted Duck
Male Tufted Duck