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the afternoon were sightings of Fox, Rabbit,
Brown Hare, Grey Squirrel and Pipistrelle and
several members saw Tawny Owls in flight. All
in all this was an extremely successful meeting
and our thanks are due to Brian Eastcott for
providing the deer!
JOHN DOBSON
RED DEER AT WOODFORD BRIDGE
Anyone who has travelled south down the M11
will know the particularly nasty sweeping
left—hand bend as the motorway passes the old
gasholder at Woodford Bridge.
On 29th October, 1990 at about 7.30 a.m.,
Epping Forest keepers were called to the M11
where a Renault car had hit a deer. The
keepers found the deer was badly injured and
put it down. On examination it was found to
be a 15 month old Red Deer stag, weighing
290 lb.
It was later discovered that three deer had
been seen in the area the previous evening.
This sad record is of great interest as it has
been many years since red deer have been
recorded in the Woodford area.. One theory is
that they may have gained entry further north
in the county and come south on the hard
shoulder of the motorway.