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These two cottages are in the middle of the forest and there are lots of birds round here. The owner decided he鈥檇 like them to visit his garden, so he put out a bit of bird food. As it turned out, though, he managed to lure something he didn鈥檛 really expect. Bill Oddie hopes to see them - fallow deer. It鈥檚 pretty extraordinary to see fallow deer visiting a garden. Roe deer, yes - they seem to be getting as common as little muntjacs, but not fallow. They are pretty shy normally. Imagine sitting down having your supper, looking out the window and you suddenly see this lot staring back at you, give you a shock, wouldn鈥檛 it? Actually, fallow means pale, but look at these guys. These are a rather unique dusky race of fallow deer, descendants of a herd which was presented to James I by the King of Norway. And British fallows are not only paler, they鈥檙e usually much spottier than these guys. This lot are nearly all does. By the way, it is doe a female deer in the case of fallows. Red deer, it鈥檚 stags and hinds; fallow deer, bucks and does.