Exmoor gardens raid & # 039; wily old stag & # 039;

A "wily old" Hirsch learned gardens nuts birds to fly - with wood.

Mature male deer was a suburban garden attack on the edge of Exmoor filmed by biologist Dr. Jochen Langbein.

Mr. Langbein, followed the deer for two years, said: "He learned, the tip of the timber to consciously use to remove bird feeders in order to access the content.

"At the moment there is only one, others are not there yet."

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12 to 15 years of Hirsch Mr Langbein was photographed at the beginning of the year.

"It was a particularly clever deer age," he said.

"I saw another bird feeder two years ago looting yes, but it was not so smart."

about 200 kg (440lbs), deer are the largest land mammal in Britain standing up to 140cm (4.5ft) tall and weighs.

But poaching "on the rise" in Exmoor , Mr. Langbein said night in the house for night Hirsch again their "favorites" garden, "feel safe" in the.

He added: "There are a number who move from mid Exmoor gardens people.

"However, many people every night of her garden visitors remain completely unaware."

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