Antlers At Dawn - Deer Rut at Richmond Park London

With the Red Deer rutting season in full swing, I made it to Richmond Park to check out the action.  The large stags could be heard roaring all over the park. There was more chasing and calling than sparring; the larger stags appeared to have the scores already settled. 

Some of the deer on the periphery of the groups were frequently battling for short periods:

A group of Jackdaw's were never far away:

 

The Fallow Deer were very active, at one point around 50 joined the group of Red Deer: