Bradgate Park offers a fantastic population of both Red and Fallow deer, giving us a unique opportunity to photograph the deer rut without having to cope with the vast crowds that can affect most of the parks in the UK. The annual deer rut is in October, an ideal time for autumnal colours and to capture the impressive stags looking their best. The light is usually best an hour after sunrise and an hour before sunset – the ‘golden hour’.

Due to the current situation regarding Covid-19 it has been decided to restrict the shoot to one day. We shall meet up at the Park early in the morning and stay until after sunset so it will be late at night when we get back to Norfolk.

This shoot is limited to SIX (6) participants - reserve your place as soon as possible to avoid dissapointment

Bradgate Park was first enclosed as a deer park around 800 years ago. It provides 830 acres of publicly accessible countryside close to Leicester City Centre.
The Park offers a wild and rugged landscape with dramatic rocky outcrops and gnarled old oak trees, many of which are well over 500 years old. The landscape offers some of the finest views, and is rich in change throughout the season

The first written reference to a deer park at Bradgate is from 1241. The Park supports, Red and Fallow deer, with a herd size of around 550 animals, of which three quarters are Fallow deer.

A Bradgate Red Stag photographed last season