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AWW1JJ - Licenced Caption The red deer is Britain s largest land mammal Description The red deer is Britain s largest land mammal They are most numerous in Scotland but isolated populations occur from the Lake District to Cornwall New Forest Dorset with a few small herds in Wales Venison from red deer in Forestry Commission woods is very popular with consumers in Britain Venison from red deer has less cholesterol and fat than other red meat and deer living in the woods do not have any artificial feeding Identification Red deer are red coloured in summer This changes to greyish brown in winter Stags are easily identified by their large antlers Breeding Woodland red deer hinds females can breed at 16 months old Smaller hill deer may not reach sexual maturity until they are 2 3 years old The mating season known as the rut begins in mid September and continues to late October Hinds normally give birth to single calves from late May to June Twins are sometimes born but they are extremely rare Keywords Red, Deer, Mammal, Venison, Woods, The, red, deer, is, Britain, s, largest, land, mammal, They, are, most, numerous, in, Scotland, but, isolated, populations, occur, from, the, Lake, District, to, Cornwall, New, Forest, Dorset, with, a, few, small, herds, in, Wales, Venison, from, red, deer, in, Forestry, Commission, woods, is, very, popular, with, consumers, in, Britain, Venison, from, red, deer, has, less, cholesterol, and, fat, than, other, red, meat, and, deer, living, in, the, woods, do, not, have, any, artificial, feeding, Identification, Red, deer, are, red, coloured, in, summer, This, changes, to, greyish, brown, in, winter, Stags, are, easily, identified, by, their, large, antlers, Breeding, Woodland, red, deer, hinds, females, can, breed, at, 16, months, old, Smaller, hill, deer, may, not, reach, sexual, maturity, until, they, are, 2, 3, years, old, The, mating, season, known, as, the, rut, begins, in, mid, September, and, continues, to, late, October, Hinds, normally, give, bir, R