WHAT WE DO
The British Deer Society [BDS] is a charity that operates throughout the UK dedicated to educating and inspiring everyone about deer.
Through our education and research, we raise awareness about wild deer and the issues surrounding them. We provide training to actively ensure deer can be managed humanely and safely to the very highest of standards.
We want to ensure wild deer in the UK are respected and valued while being kept healthy and at sustainable numbers, so they can benefit biodiversity and the wider environment.
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DIGITAL DEER
BDS is a charity that operates throughout the UK dedicated to educating and inspiring everyone about deer and the environments they live in.
BDS aims to provide a range of opportunities for people to discover more about wild deer in the UK, to encourage an understanding and appreciation of them and their place within our natural landscape
The British Deer Society remains at the forefront of training initiatives and course development and delivery throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The British Deer Society remains at the forefront of training initiatives and course development and delivery throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Our website includes a stunning selection of deer images – mostly taken by BDS members and others provided by kind permission of their owners for educational use. We have annual photography competitions which are free to enter.
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📢 Last chance! 📢 Calling all BDS members! Submit your entries for the BDS Photographer of the Year Competition NOW Competition Closes 30 April 2024.
Details ➡️ https://bds.org.uk/photography/competitions/bds-photographer-of-the-year/
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Details ➡️ https://bds.org.uk/photography/competitions/bds-photographer-of-the-year/
#BDSPhotographerOfTheYear #WildDeer
Deer Trivia: Antlered Deer Origins
Deer as we know them today did not start to appear until about 20 million years ago during the Miocene era.
Dicroceros, standing around the same size as a modern roe deer, was one of these.
It probably originated in Asia and signalled an important development in deer evolution because it is early evidence of a deer which shed and regrew its antlers annually.
These were simple structures, little more than small forks, which only the males possessed.
Dicroceros also had small tusks, much like our modern muntjacs and the tufted deer.
Photo: Dicroceros antlers by Charles Smith Jones
#DeerTrivia #AntleredDeer #DeerOrigins #MioceneEra #DeerEvolution #Dicroceros #AntlerShedding #WildlifeFacts
Deer as we know them today did not start to appear until about 20 million years ago during the Miocene era.
Dicroceros, standing around the same size as a modern roe deer, was one of these.
It probably originated in Asia and signalled an important development in deer evolution because it is early evidence of a deer which shed and regrew its antlers annually.
These were simple structures, little more than small forks, which only the males possessed.
Dicroceros also had small tusks, much like our modern muntjacs and the tufted deer.
Photo: Dicroceros antlers by Charles Smith Jones
#DeerTrivia #AntleredDeer #DeerOrigins #MioceneEra #DeerEvolution #Dicroceros #AntlerShedding #WildlifeFacts
