F .......‘“ ’* s* i® « * tw w y , »es»r (Advertising). Burnley m s s i (Classified) Bill tracks down sika deer by Vivien Meath
FOR a quarter of a century,-1 author M r Bill Mitchell has' conducted a field study into - the sika deer of the Ribble Valley and Bowland.
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- s . Sika deer have ranged down the : Ribble Valley and on to the South-; Craven.• •• -
oublished by the International; sika Society, alongside those of
ntroduced.' bThe sika, introduced to the Rib
ished in the wild. M . r Mitchell first
pecialists m every: part of the i world where this breed was--
ale Valley by Lord Ribblesdale lnd his friends to provide sport for local buckhounds, became estab studied it; when it was mainly in
conifer forest of the upper Hodder. ..
t His researches have now been■ ..a simple title: “Sika (Cervus nip-- e loose-leaf form, with durable bind trs available. The compilers chose that method of presentation rather ahan a bound book in order to keep •
. The two-volume work, which : - has the breed's scientific name as . pon) Temminck, 1838” is in a
. ern Pennines and animals have - crossed the .watershed into •
the Gisburn area, and his field work eventually took in the new
• ubmitted by Bill Mitchell, snow t The sika is a medium-sized deer,
i Of the few pictures reproduced sn colour, two, from photographs
breast of current trends. . ■ ." ■
the Bowland sika in summer and winter coats, which are strikingly different.
ahe. stag having simple branched antlers and all the animals having
distinctive patch of white at the
hock'and a caudal disc at the rump,’.which flares into something - akin to a. powder-puff when the : animal senses danger. During the autumn rut, the big stags proclaim their presence by giving three or four prolonged nigh-pitched squeals, which sound from -a dis- - tance like whistles. In his research, M
John Robinson, who now lives at Ripon,"Dr Peter Delap, of Appleby, and M
in Giggleswick, provided the deer section for the book “Yorkshire Mammals”, edited by Professor M. J. Delany and published by the University of Bradford.
In 1985, M r Mitchell, who lives Small school with a
A R IB B L E V A L L E Y high school with a spe cial place in the hearts of local people held its ann ual - p r iz e -g iv in g a n d p r e s e n t a t io n evening.-
GBowland High. School, mrindleton,- welcomed for
ham Crossley to the event.-. . Current headteacher M
er headteacher M
Steve- Colling said Mr i Crossley had made an
r Gra r
tmmense contribution to she development of the fchool over 17 happy and aruitful'years. Pupils past hnd present were proud to uave been part of the inique experience of shar
ng in the vision of a hard working little school. w“Loudly and proudly,
and young people, recog 'nising differing and dis-
be proclaim ourselves to ie a school which genu
nely cares for its children
tinct talents, skills and abilities," he commented. ■M
G r Colling called on the hovernment to place a oigh priority on the devel npment of young -people, cot only'to enable them to eontribute to the national tconomy, but as free- ahinking . and responsible ldults with a passion for fearning and compassion
assisted at various times by M r Keith Briggs, of
r Mitchell was r
i Bamoldswick; the latter a special r Briggs was
st at recording the sounds made by wild creatures. M
able to record much of the strange vocabulary of the sika.
" for which at times he has lectured on the sika deer. During his long period of study, he became friendly with many of the Bowland
- ber- of the1 - M
- and Mrs Arthur Hodgson, now liv- ■ ingin retirement at Hellifield. . _ The author has been keen on
farming families, especially M
life in an area of pastoral farming, dlus postage and, without the
ying up in the woods and gills. pThe price per volume is 60Dm, purable binder, 45Dm, plus
ociety, Kurkolner Str 13; D-4773, Mohnesee 1, Germany.
r Mitchell is a long-time mem-; British - Deer Society;
L IM I T E D . r: ’ the management of. the Bowland :
sika to ensure the survival of: healthy social groups of these fascinating deer, which have l adapted themselves remarkably to
ostage. EInquiries should be made to
Srnst Eick, International Sika v i s i o n
Cert/fcalo Ntx 594/94 m r 3
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