The Chinese Water Deer
Happy New Year to all our fellow bloggers! What may 2024 have in store for us?
Ein frohes Neues Jahr für alle unsere Bloggerfreunde. Was mag wohl 2024 für uns bringen?
Our New Year’s walk between heavy rain showers took us to the local rivers and reed beds. The coast paths were all in the hands of holidaying visitors with their dogs, marching like pearls on a string.
Unser Spaziergang am Neujahrstag zwischen heftigen Regenschauern brachten uns zu den Wasserläufen und Schilfgebieten hinter unserem Haus. Die Küstenpfade waren voll in der Hand der Touristen, die mit ihren Hunden wie Perlen auf einer Schnur dort entlang marschieren.
Amongst the reeds we enjoyed the whisper of the long grass swaying in the wind and we can hear the bearded tits in there. Much to Dina’s dismay they don’t show themselves. They are not good flyers and prefer to stay safe in the reeds when it’s windy.
Wir erfreuten uns am Flüstern des langen Riedgrases, das sich leicht im Wind bewegte. Wir hörten die Bartmeisen, aber zu Dinas Enttäuschung zeigten sie sich nicht. Sie sind nämlich nicht so gute Flieger und ziehen es deswegen vor, sicher im Ried zu bleiben, wenn es windig ist.
Suddenly, Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma who are flying in front of us, stop and signal us to be quiet.
Siri 🙂 und 🙂 Selma, die vor uns flogen, hielten plötzlich inne und forderten uns auf, ganz ruhig zu sein.
“We have been spotted!”
“What do you mean?”
“We have been spotted“, Masterchen whispers, “I thought we are out spotting.”
“Wir sind gesichtet worden!”
“Was meinst du?”
“Man hat uns entdeckt“, flüstert unser Master, “und ich dachte, wir wären hier, um etwas in der Natur zu entdecken.“
Now he sees the deer and thinking it is a Muntjac, he has already lost interest and retrieves to his own thoughts about his next publication. Dina, however, is alerted and her heart jumps with joy at being so close to this wonderful elusive creature, a Chinese water deer, and immediately lies down with her camera. The deer is absolutely baffled at the sight of Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma and allow them to fly closer.
Da sieht er ein rehartiges Tier und meint, es sei ein Muntjak. Sein Interesse ist verflogen und er denkt an seine nächste Veröffentlichung. Dina allerdings ist ganz aufmerksam und ihr Herz schlägt freudig, weil sie so nah dieser wundervollen, sehr scheuen Kreatur ist. Es ist ein Chinesischer Wassserhirsch. Sofort wirft sie sich auf den Boden, die Kamera im Anschlag. Der Hirsch ist völlig verblüfft Siri 🙂 und 🙂 Selma zu sehen und erlaubt ihnen, näher heranzufliegen.
Have you encountered a Chinese water deer?
Habt ihr schon einmal einen Chinesischen Wasserhirsch gesehen?
These peculiar looking deer were first introduced to the UK in 1896 to Woburn Abbey Park in Bedfordshire but they originate from east China and Korea. They were released into the countryside and have since established themselves mainly in the south-east of the UK. They prefer marshy habitats, are good swimmers and don’t seem to be causing as many problems as our other invasive deer – especially the muntjac. The British population now account for 10% of the world’s total. The males lack antlers but instead grow prominent tusks. Their conservation status is following the IUCN List endangered.
Diese eigenartig aussehenden Hirsche kam 1896 zum Woburn Abbey Park in Bedfordshire. Sie stammen ursprünglich von China und Korea. Später wurden sie freigelassen und haben sich seitdem hauptsächlich in Englands Südosten verbreitet. Sie lieben Marschen und sind gute Schwimmer und scheinen keine Probleme wie andere invasive Rehe und Hirsche, besonders wie die Muntjaks, zu verursachen. Die britische Population macht inzwischen 10% der Weltpopulation aus. Die männlichen Wasserhirsche besitzen zwar kein Geweih jedoch auffällige Reißzähne. Ihr Bestand ist nach der IUCN Liste gefährdet.
Altogether quite some fang-tastic facts, Siri and Selma end their first, short report in their brand new logbook. “THE FAYRIESPOTTER’S LOGBOOK – Reports from the observation year of two fairies.“
Spannend finden das Siri 🙂 und 🙂 Selma und sie beenden ihren kurzen Report in ihrem nagelneuen Logbuch “Das Feen Beobachtungsbuch – Berichte des Beobachtungsjahrs zweier Feen.”
In China and Korea a Chinese Waterdeer is seen to bring good luck. Why not here as well?
In China und Korea gilt der Chinesische Wasserhirsch als Glücksbringer. Warum nicht auch hier?
Happy nature spotting
Frohes Naturbeobachten
The Fab Four of Cley
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© text and illustrations, Hanne Siebers & Klausbernd Vollmar, Cley next the Sea 2024
Zuerst dachte ich, das sei ein Witz. Wolpertinger oder so.
Überrascht rufe ich Euch durch wisperndes Ried schöne Neujahrswünsche zu!
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Habe recht herzlichen Dank 🙏 🙏
Nee, nee, kein Wolpertinger sondern echt!
Liebe Grüße
The Fab Four of Cley
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We visited there in China and Japan. Thanks for sharing this idea. Anita
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Dear Anita
Thank you very much.
Did you see Chinese Waterdeers in China?
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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Here in this part of Yorkshire, the landscape is rich in deer, but not your Chinese water deer. What a sighting! Thanks for sharing these wonderful shots, and a very happy 2024 to you all.
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Thanks a lot, dear Margaret.
These Chinese Water Deer need water and reed beds.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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We can do both, with many gravel pits turned nature reserve round here. Maybe one day …
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Good Luck 🍀
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This is a new kind of deer for me. Thanks for sharing!
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Dear Linda
you are very welcome.
Thanks a lot
The Fab Four of Cley
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Lovely photos indeed, and happy new year to all of you!
Love from Beetley, Pete and Ollie. X
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Good morning, dear Pete.
Thank you for your kind words and wishes.
With love from the sunny sea
The Fab Four of Cley
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A beautiful and unexpected encounter, nice photography too !
Thanks for sharing 🙂
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You are very welcome.
Thanks
The Fab Four of Cley
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Amazing to see one, well done Hanne for getting the beautiful pictures.
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Dear Fraggle
THANK YOU
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Bis eben habe ich noch nie etwas von einem Wasserreh bzw. -hirsch gehört oder gelesen. Schon interessant, was es doch immer wieder für neue Entdeckungen gibt.
Euch ein rundum schönes und vor allem gesundes 2024 und noch viele weitere solcher interessanten Entdeckungen.
Liebe Grüße schickt Euch die Silberdistel
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Herzlichen Dank, liebe Silberdistel. Bis wir hierher zogen vor über 40 Jahren, haben wir auch nicht gewusst, dass es diese Chinese Waterdeer gibt. Man muss also nicht nach China reisen, um sie zu treffen.
Ganz liebe Grüße
The Fab Four of Cley
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ein sprechendes gesicht. die augen, der mundwinkel. der blick. interessant. sieht schon etwas älter aus. wenn ihr ihn oder sie gesichtet habt, kann es ja nur bedeuten, dass euch ein glücksjahr bevorsteht. ich wünsche es euch von ganzem herzen. 🙂 liebe grüße aus berlin und die besten wünsche fürs neue jahr.
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Liebe Wolkenbeobachterin,
Naja, Siri meinte, das sei ein Reh bzw. ein Hirsch, der slimmen müsste.
Danke für die lieben Wünsche vom Meer nach Berlin
The Fab Four of Cley
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That’s a very odd-looking deer, wow! Happy New Year. 😊
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Thank you, dear John.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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I have enjoyed seeing deer in woodland settings but am glad there are none close to my garden! You caught some beautiful photographs! Happy New Year.
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Dear Paddy
fortunately they don’t come in our gardens as they need water and reed beds.
Thanks
The Fab Four of Cley
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💫🔔🎊 ▫️ H a p p y ▫️ N e w ▫️ Y e a r ▫️ 🎊🔔💫
🪬🍀✨🎊🪄💫✨🌟✌️💛✌️🌟✨💫🪄✨🎊🍀🪬
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🙏💫🌟✨🌟💫🙏
The Fab Four of Cley
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“Fangtastic” photos! 😀 I never heard of this deer before. Happy New Year!
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Dear Mermaid
thank you very much.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Happy New Year Fab4! Many thanks for sharing this, I’ve never seen nor ‘herd’ of them! 😉 It’s amazing that they’ve settled in our wet and windy Isles! But then they obviously do like water! 👍😊
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Thank you very much.
They are very adaptable.
All the best for the new Year
The Fab Four of Cley
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Great photos of an unusual looking deer. Happy New Year fab four 🎉
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Dear Jude
it’s funny looking indeed. It was seen as teddy bear as well as a vampire.
Thanks
The Fab Four of Cley
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Wie herrlich sowas aussergewohnliches zu sehen und so herrlich zu fotographieren. Ein schoenes Tier! Natuerlich bringt es Glueck 🙂
Happy new Year to all the Fab 4 ♥
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Liebe Ute,
wir freuen uns sehr, dass wir dieses Wasserreh ab und an hier sehen. Natürlich bringt es Glück.
Mit lieben Grüßen von der sonnigen Küste
The Fab Four of Cley
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That WAS a stroke of good luck – and I hope you won’t hate me for saying that’s a very odd-looking creature!. 🙂 Excellent photos, as always. You were smart to avoid the crowds and explore the reedy places. Best of 2024 to you all!!
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Good morning, dear Lynn
that deer is very odd looking indeed. “It’s not a beauty” as Selma 🙂 said.
Thanks a lot
The Fab Four of Cley
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Happy New Year, ihr Lieben. Ich habe nie zuvor von einem chinesischen Wasserhirschen gehört. Das ist sicherlich ein ganz spezieller Glücksbringer. Alles Liebe für euch. ❤
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Liebe Vera
diese Wasserhirsche leben in Europa hauptsächlich in unserer Gegend und in Frankreich.
Mit lieben Grüßen vom sonnigen Meer
The Fab Four of Cley
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Wonderful! Happy New Year to the Fab Four! 🦌👌✨
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Thank you very much, dear Marina.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Nice blog
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Thank you
The Fab Four of Cley
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Look forward to visit Norway 🇳🇴, Tromso one day …
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You will love it
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These are new to me too. Amazing to have the opportunity for a photo. Nicely done!
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Dear Anneli
thanks a lot.
We see them sometimes here.
All the very best
The Fab Four of Cley
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So ein seltsames Wesen, das gar nicht wie ein Hirsch aussieht, sondern eher wie ein Zwitterwesen aus Wildschwein, Hund und Hase, habe ich noch nie gesehen.
Ich bin baff und freue mich sehr über euern speziellen Glücksbringer.
Auch von mir Glückwünsche für ein gutes und lebenswertes neues Jahr.
Herzlichen Gruss,
Brigitte
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Hi Brigitte,
das ist in der Tat ein eigenartiges Tier, so wie ein Wolpertinger.
Danke für die guten Wünsche
The Fab Four of Cley
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Oh, my! What beautiful photographs of this creature, and your clever turn of words made it such fun to read. Perhaps there will be more fayre spotting in the future!
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There will be more spotting in the future, we promise.
Thank you very much for your kind words 🙏 🙏
The Fab Four of Cley
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A Happy New Year to you all and what a treat to see these deer! Thank you so much for sharing 🧡
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Dear Xenia
thank you very much
The Fab Four of Cley
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How wonderful that this special creature spotted you and stood still long enough to have a photograph taken. Wishing you a fabulous 2024!
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Good morning, dear Darlene
Well, this water deer was so fascinated by our two Fayries that it stood still in amazement.
Thank you very much
The Fab Four of Cley
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Dear Four Fab of Cley,
How wonderful that Siri and Selma spotted the deer so quickly and Dina was able to get these remarkable photos of them. I thank you for sharing them with us.
2024 snuck in rather quietly around here, especially since I was sound asleep by midnight!
I wish you all a happy and healthy year coming to us.
GP
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Thank you so much, dear GP.
Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma are great spotters.
We had a quite celebration of the New Year as well in front of our open fire with Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma.
We wish you a healthy and happy new Year as well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Thank you.
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You are very welcome, our dear friend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Fabulous 😍
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Dear Shazza
THANK YOU
The Fab Four of Cley
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I’ve never seen a deer like that before. I’m not sure I’d have called it a deer if not for you.
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Dear Jacqui
it’s a deer as well for us, but a strange looking deer.
Keep well and thank you
The Fab Four of Cley
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These are interesting animals. I have never seen a Water Deer before. Your photos are exquisite Dina. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year to The F4oC
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Dear John
well, it’s a funny looking animal, isn’t it?
Thank you very much
The Fab Four of Cley
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It is.😁
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I’d never heard of a deer with tusks.
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Dear Steve
it’s unusual, isn’t it?
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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I have never seen any of those before, what an interesting creature.
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Dear Stella
It is, indeed.
Thanks a lot
The Fab Four of Cley
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Happy New Year to the Fab Four. 🙂
Love the images, Dina. What an exciting sight. You managed to get some really good close-ups too.
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Dear Vicki
thank you VERY much.
A healthy and happy New Year to you as well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Happy New Year.
I visited Woburn Abbey Park in Bedfordshire with my dad back when I was 8 years old (visiting England from Canada) but I don’t remember seeing the Chinese waterdeer.
But then I saw so much that trip.
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Dear Dracul
you would like to read that some people saw these water deer as vampires.
Thanks and cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
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Nature spotting is both thrilling and humbling. How exciting to spot a Chinese Water Deer!
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Thank you, dear Jennie.
All the best for 2024
The Fab Four of Cley
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And to you! 😀
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How lovely to see such an unusual creature – and on New Year’s Day too! Definitely a good omen. Happy New Yaer to you all!
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Yes, it is, dear Cathy.
All the very best for 2024 for you as well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Es wird schon etwas zu bedeuten haben, wenn so ein Glücksbringer bei Euch auftaucht. Alles, alles Gute und Liebe im neuen Jahr.
Viele Grüße
Belana Hermine
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Herzlichen Dank, Belana Hermine.
Naja, da du es auch gesehen hast zumindest als Bild, wird es auch dir Glück bringen.
Liebe Grüße vom sonnigen Meer
The Fab Four of Cley
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Da ist was dran 🙂
Liebe Grüße
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🍀💫🌟✨🌟💫🍀
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Happy New Year! May this year bring you joy, creativity, and endless inspiration in all your blogging adventures.
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Dear Michael
All the best for the New Year for you as well. Wishing you a healthy and happy 2024.
Thanks for the good wishes
The Fab Four of Cley
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Gorgeous pictures.
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Thank you very much
The Fab Four of Cley
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Perhaps 2024 will be the Year of the Water Deer for you: a year filled with unusual sights, unexpected opportunities, and the memories that come with them both. My best to you; I’m looking forward to enjoying the sights you bring us, and your explication of them, in the coming year.
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Dear Linda
thank you VERY much for your kind words.
We’ll try our best.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Thank you of this post and the interesting photos! I have never seen a Chinese Water Deer before.
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We see these Chinese Water Deer quite often in the marshes but didn’t see them before either.
All the best for 2024
The Fab Four of Cley
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Can simply say I have never encountered any Chinese waterdeer in my life.
And will safely say this is the first time I have even heard or seen one!
Incredible photos! All so very exciting! Just to make the travels and see
that beautiful country sounded exciting to me! Wounderful finally hearing
from all of you. Have a most wounderful 2024!
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Good afternoon, dear Eddie.
We had a little break from blogging, there was so much else to do. Now we are contemplating a new project, a nature alphabet. We think about how to make this interesting and not like a Wikipedia article.
A happy and healthy 2024 for you as well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Change is always good!
Kindness is greatly appreciated
kind friends, Eddie
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A deer with fangs?! It’s a first for me. My first thought was ‘there is a fun looking deer with great whiskers.’ I certainly wasn’t imagining fangs. 🙂 I had to revise my thinking. The next natural question is how does it use those fangs? Thanks for sharing, guys. And Happy New Year!
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Dear Curt
thanks a lot.
The fangs are used for fighting. Because of the fangs these water deer were seen as vampires.
A Happy New Year to you as well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Thanks. I can see the vampire bit. 🙂
Peggy and I were just in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa enjoying tusks on elephants and warthogs, from the amazing to the slightly absurd. Also used for fighting, and all sorts of things, actually. –Curt
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We suppose they only use it for fighting but we are not quite sure.
The Fab Four of Cley
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I’m assuming most of the fighting would be during mating season. 🙂
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indeed, that’s right, but we never saw them fighting
The Fab Four of Cley
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If they are like the blacktail deer of the Western US, going after each other with their antlers, it can be pretty serious. I’m glad we don’t have to compete like that. Grin.
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Dear Curt
Indeed, I agree.
Thanks & cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
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What crazy animals you have in Norfolk. I would love to see these water deers, haven’t seen one before. I am pretty sure we don’t have them in Sweden – well, maybe in a zoo. That’s one reason to visit you again, isn’t it? But you have to visit me again as well. We have masses of snow right now. You would love it, as I know you.
Have a creative, happy and healthy New Year.
Dear Dina, GREAT photos (like always).
Keep on blogging – Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma told me that you contemplated to give up blogging. And I was told that Klausbernd is writing another book after the multimedia-projekt about dreams that came out last autumn. I thought he is retired … Hanne-Dina is busy photographing and your sweet fairies told me that she got some of her pictures published even in the BBC. I am impressed. CONGRATULATIONS!
I just started a new course about the fairy tales of romantic poets. It might turn out to become a book. I especially love Ludwig Tieck but don’t understand Goethe’s fairy tale of the green snake. Quite an alchemist story. I have to talk to you about it.
With warm greetings to my dear friends
KRAM
Annalena
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Oh dear, you betrayed us. That were secrets we told you!
But never mind. We send you lots fairy dust and fairy love
Kram
Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma
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Dear Annalena
indeed, you have to visit us, maybe in spring. Unfortunately we don’t have any snow here but lots of rain in the last week, nevertheless today was a sunny day.
Actually with the writing it’s pretty easy. The challenge is not to repeat myself after so many of my books about dreams and now about colour as well. I try my best. My editor persuaded me to write these books and she hopes I will do one about personality types later. I am not quite sure.
I had problems understanding Goethe’s fairy tale as well. I read it at least five times before a got a glimpse of understanding.
Hanne-Dina is now very knowledgable about all the animals here. She is much into nature whereas I am more into books. I learn a lot from her.
We’ll phone at the weekend.
With big hugs
Klausbernd 🙂
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Dear Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma you are snitching – but I don’t mind. Nevertheless snitching on someone is not the fine English way. Okay, it’s different with dear friends like Annalena. No cut of pocket money 😉
Klausbernd 🙂
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Dear Annalena
By the way, today I found a classic we read together at the end of the nineties
Roszak, Thedore: The Making of a Counter Culture
It appeared on our book corner.
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If those long two sharp teeth weren’t there then those deer would be one of the cutest animals I have ever seen. But just a cute pic don’t make sense. Those teeth are important for their defence. ❤️
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Yes, as we wrote before they are for fighting during the mating season and defence.
Thanks & cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
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Happy New Year to our dear friends. I know, I am quite late but Christmas and New Year was a busy time – like always.
What a funny creature you met there. I never came across anything like this. Like always very well photographed, dear Dina.
I am very happy that you decided to go on blogging but I can also understand that you get quite often fed up with it. It’s not so much writing a post but the visiting others. Very medieval ‘do ut des’! Anyway you go on blogging and we are happy reading from your world.
Let’s phone this coming weekend
Per Magnus
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Hi, our dear Arctic friend
Happy New Year to you as well.
It’s Klausbernd who wanted to stop blogging. His argument: “I have more important and interesting things to do than blogging. We try to reduce a lot in 2024 why not stop blogging?” But Dina with the help of Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma persuaded him to go on blogging. And here we are, a blog about a funny creature coming from the far East and feeling quite at home here in North Norfolk.
How’s live at yours in Longyearbyen? We hope everything is fine and you are well.
Keep well and warm
The Fab Four of Cley
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Such a cute face! We don’t have these in NZ. Happy New Year!
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Thank you very much, dear Julie. According to our Bookfayrie knowledge you find them in China and Korea and nowadays in East Anglia and parts of France. Deer-collectors brought them to Europe.
All the best for the New Year
Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma
The Fab Four of Cley
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Best wishes to the Fab Four for the new year. May you spot and be spotted many times over in 2024.
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Dear Tanja
THANK YOU VERY MUCH 🙏 🙏
The Fab Four of Cley
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A wonderful encounter.
Happy New year to the fab four.
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… and to you as well.
Thanks a lot
The Fab Four of Cley
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Very nice
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… isn’t it?
Thanks
The Fab Four of Cley
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Very good thanks
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Love this! 😊
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Thanks
The Fab Four of Cley
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Thanks for reblogging
The Fab Four of Cley
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Oh wow! What a cute looking face- I’ve never seen one of these before.
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Thank you very much.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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I hope you are all well land had a great festive seaon?
Happy New Year
Best Wishes
Kevin 🙂
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Hi Kevin
We are well and had a happy festive season. A Happy New Year to you as well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Interesting blog post my friend. I can spot the translations and at least there is English or else I wouldn’t understand what kind of blog this is😂
Also, only God knows what 2024 has in store! Have a blessed day
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Thank you very much.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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You too🙏
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What an interesting looking animal Fab 4 – thank goodness Siri and Selma were on the alert! Honestly the deer’s face looks quite Asian to me. Marvelous close-ups, well done! Happy 2024 to you all.
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Thank you very much, dear Tina.
Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma went to a Gurdjieff group where they learned to keep up a constant awareness or as they phrase it ‘to fight sleeping at day time’. Obviously it helped.
We wish you all the very best and a happy and healthy new year
The Fab Four of Cley
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Beautiful photos! Thank you for sharing the background information, very interesting.
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Good afternoon, dear Amy,
thank you very much for your kind words.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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A very Happy New Year to all of you. Thanks for sharing interesting facts, and amazing photos of this beautiful deer, I would have never known about them. I hope it brings good luck to you, indeed.
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Good afternoon, dear Nehal,
most people we know haven’t seen or even heard about this Chinese Water Deer. It’s unusual that such a Chinese animal feels at home here at North Norfolk coast.
Thanks for commenting 🙏 🙏
We wish you lots of good luck in 2024 🍀
The Fab Four of Cley
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An astonishing deer and beautifully photographed! Thank you for sharing here. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! Annika
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Thanks a lot, dear Annika.
Wishing you a very happy and healthy New Year as well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Schön von Euch zu lesen, Fab Four! Wir wünschen Euch nur das Beste für 2024 und freuen uns auf viele weitere interessante Artikel.
Liebe Grüße
U+H
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Liebe Uschi, lieber Herbert,
euch auch alles, alles Gute. Bleibt gesund und munter.
Liebe Grüße
The Fab Four of Cley
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Beautiful images, Klaus! Intriguing deer. A first for me!
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Thank you very much, dear Patti 🙏 🙏
We see them sometimes in the marshes.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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They definitely look different than we have here in the USA.
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They are unusual for Europe as well. We have them in East Anglia and parts of France only.
Thanks & cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
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Happy New Year! 🎉 Oh, the Chinese Water Deer, what a unique creature to kickstart 2024 with! 🦌 May this year bring us as many surprises as the Water Deer has teeth (which, if you didn’t know, is a lot for a deer!) 😄 Ein frohes Neues Jahr! Let’s leap into the new year with the grace of a deer and the curiosity of a blogger. 🌟 Cheers to a year full of amazing discoveries and delightful posts! #2024Adventures 🚀📚
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Thank you very much for your kind comment 🙏 🙏 We’ll try our best to master the new year with the grace of a deer and the curiosity of a blogger (we very much liked your expression).
From the sunny but cold sea warm greetings
The Fab Four of Cley
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These Chinese Water Deer are stunning and I loved the story, thank you for sharing Klaus 😊 🦌 🦌 🦌
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Thank you very much, you are very welcome.
Keep well, stay happy
The Fab Four of Cley
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What a delightful way to begin the New Year… a little magic from the book Fayries and Dina’s Camera 🙂 And the fluttering of Siri and Selma look to entrance the Chinese Water Deer so well, that Dina is able to get such incredible shots. What a great series of close-ups of this beautiful animal – the tusks make it look prehistoric… amazing. This will be a special year, I believe 🙂 Wishing my favorite Fab Four of Cley a wonderful year ahead!
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Dear Randall
thank you very much for your kind words.
We were a bit fed up with blogging and thought about how we could change our blog (or if we should finish blogging). We asked ourselves ‘do we need a clear profile or shall we change our blog to a photoblog with pictures only?’ It was Siri’s idea to look for blogs we like best and we all four voted for your blog, a blog with extraordinary pictures and a very well written text. This is what we try to achieve as well. So your blog will be a kind of our ‘model’.
Wishing you a happy, healthy, creative new year
The Fab Four of Cley
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Whatever you do, DO NOT stop blogging. As with great art, your posts always make my heart beat a bit quicker ~ I get to learn something new and then admire beautiful photography seldom seen. The beauty of WordPress is finding inspiration from others, so with this, I thank you very much for providing so much of it to us all 🥰. Let this year be a great one for health and creativity.
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Thank you very much, dear Randall. Your kind comment is a big motivation for us to go on blogging. So we’ll walk to the beach behind our house having fun to prepare a blog-post. We are looking forward to your next post. Reading your posts and looking at the photographs is like reading a good book. It touches us as well.
With love from the wintry grey sea
The Fab Four of Cley
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Sieht schon sehr seltsam aus. Sind das 2 Hauer links und rechts des Mauls?
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Ja, lieber Gerhard, das sind es. Sie werden zum Kämpfen während der Paarungszeit eingesetzt. Wegen dieser Hauer sah man bisweilen diese Water Deers als Reinkarnationen von Vampiren an.
Schönes Wochenende
The Fab Four of Cley
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I have never heard of these – what luck meeting one! Lovely captured too, and those “teeth” look very strange. I would never have dreamt they could be found in Britain. Thank you for introducing us!
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Good morning, dear Leya,
it’s quite a funny looking ceature. It doesn’t look British to us 😉 neither.
We wish you a happy week
The Fab Four of Cley
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You too! Rain and storm, but worse in Norway.
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Thanks for sharing. Cute little fellows, in a sort of “perpetually grumpy” sort of way.
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Hi Jake
we agree, they look like perpetually grumpy.
Thanks for commenting.
Cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
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I didn’t know this animal. Really cool face. Thanks for sharing
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Thanks for commenting.
A strange creature, isn’t it?
Have a happy weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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