Hi Paul,
I just pulled up the NBN gateway maps for Chinese Water Deer:
http://data.nbn.org.uk/interactive/map.jsp?srchSp=23941 and Muntjac:
http://data.nbn.org.uk/interactive/map.jsp?srchSp=NHMSYS0000080204. Looks
like Muntjac is by far the more likely candidate, although I'm intrigued by
the single water deer record on the northern side of the Mendips! I had no
idea we had Muntjac so widely distributed in the south west, I've never seen
one.
I went to a talk a few months ago by a chap from the Deer Initiative (deer
management organisation) who said that most of the species are expanding
their ranges so fast that any published distribution maps are most likely
already out of date.
All the best,
Tom
On 3 December 2010 22:35, papx88 <> wrote:
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> I would plump for Muntjac, it is too high pitched for a Roe deer.
> This Roe deer I recorded on the Somerset Levels.
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> http://www.pp-design.co.uk/roedeer.mp3
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> Chatting to the reserve wardens on the Somerset Levels, they say that at
> present they don't have Chinese Water Deer present, which I think is going
> to be a more likely habitat for them, than North Devon. Saying that I have
> not seen any Muntjac in Devon either. In Norfolk Muntjac are everywhere,
> they just stand on the side of the roads watching the cars go by.
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> Paul
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> > I know Chinese Water Deer are also supposed to have a very dog-like bark,
> > but I can't find any recordings at the moment for comparison. Supposedly
> > they are still confined to south-east England, but you never know...
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> > > I just found a few videos with Roe deer barks in them:
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> > > http://www.wildlifevideo.it/wildlifevideo_00000a.htm
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> > > Watch the one titled "Roe buck answer me" and the one at the bottom.
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