MEETING LANE MUNTJAC

Michael Thorley took these pictures of a muntjac deer seen walking towards him near Meeting Lane in East Mersea on Thursday 20th. This looks like a female, as it's only the male that has antlers.

It came quite close before seeing Michael and Sarah. It then quickly turned round and ran off.

Up until twenty-five years ago there were no muntjac deer on the Island. Now they are all over the Island and living in West Mersea too.

The tail is stuck upright when the deer runs away, showing the white tail underside.