Wild Game
In the last of six films reflecting the relationship between man and wildlife in the West Country, Andrew Cooper explores the natural history of a country estate. Fallow deer and pheasant, partridge and hare, all belong to a group of animals known as game. The areas set aside for them in the past are now among the largest privately-owned wildlife reserves in Britain. At
Powderham Castle on the banks of the Exe estuary in Devon, the year begins with herons nesting high in the trees. It ends with the clash of antlers and an extraordinary buck's-eye view of a fallow deer fight. Photographed and produced oy ANDREW COOPER
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