Passing through - again

The large red deer  stag that we saw last Spring walking nonchalantly across the lawn  and which I saw  out the back of the house last month is still around. 

The dogs started to go mad at around 9.00 am and looking out the window there it was  - on the front lawn.    By the time I had grabbed my phone to take a picture it was ambling up the slope behind a rocky outcrop, on its way back into the woods. 

I was struck not only by its chutzpah - it was in no hurry despite the dogs barking - but also by how well it blended into the background in such a landscape.