Porpoise

Red deer are by nature forest dwellers, however they are highly adaptive. Their selection of habitat is mostly linked to the availability of food. Their daily movement pattern will lead them from the lower, more sheltered areas where they spend the nights, back to higher sunny slopes where they spend the day feeding, resting and chewing the cud. Red deer are grazers by preference, however good grass is not always available so many other food sources are taken advantage of these include rough grasses as well as heather and dwarf shrubs. They will also feel more secure if there is a fairly constant wind. Once the wind becomes unpredictable or above approximately Force 4 they will become agitated and move. This preferred daily and seasonal movement can be severely affected by human disturbance in the form of fencing or excessive disturbance by hill walkers and this in turn can cause sufficient stress to affect the condition of the deer.

The commonest on the rocky shores in the north and the west, some 85,000 grey seals live around the British coast. The bull is almost black when wet, whilst the cow is both smaller and paler in colour. A seal pup is white at birth, but after 4 to 6 weeks weaning takes place and it moults to a soft grey. An opportunistic feeder, the grey seal feeds on whatever is available, although recent studies have shown that octopus and squid form part of the staple diet. Neither adult feeds during the mating and pupping season and can lose up to 25% of its body weight as a consequence.