We visited a game reserve in March 2024

You know that your blog mistress loves to visit zoological parcs, but we have many game reserves in Germany, some of them close to our home, for example the game reserve in Schalksmühle. You can see wild boar, red deer, fallow deer, goats, ferrets, pheasants, guinea pigs, rabbits, donkeys, ponies, red foxes, raccoons, Jacob sheep and a european bison called Wisent.

Some animals were asleep, others were in safe spaces to eat or rest (like the Wisent)

I hope you enjoy the impressions 

 

The adventure trail - washed out by the rain, littered with roots and loose stones. 

We made it!

 

... who need food bags, when you have your personal bag on four patient hooves ...

 The animals were demanding because they know that the visitors have special food bags with them. You can buy them at the entrance :-)

 Looks like the tree has been split by lightning

Thanks for visiting me, maybe you might come back later when I am awake... 

Completed 8th March 2024

 

5x 150 pcs.

Micropuzzles - unfortunately no title or manufacturer known, therefore I call them "deers"

 Three species of deer best known to us are roe deer, fallow deer and red deer. The males of all three have antlers. Let's find out how to spot the difference:

Roe deer are small - they reach a shoulder height of around 70-80 cm. The headdress is a maximum of 25 centimeters long and usually has only three rungs. The summer coat varies from dark brown to pale yellow. In winter, this coloration changes to shades of grey.

Fallow deer are slightly larger than roe deer with 90 cm height. They have broad, shovel-shaped antlers with serrated ends on the back. You can easily recognize fallow deer by their white spots. In summer they shine on a light brown coat, in winter they are almost gone and the coat is gray or brown.

Red deer are among the largest wild animals in Central Europe with an average shoulder height of 130 cm. They have strongly branched forked antlers with many ends. Red deer have a reddish coat in summer. In winter, the coat color changes to a gray-brown shade. Most of the deers seen in kitschy paintings roaring in the bavarian mountain landscape are red deer.