Taken close to home in Ashton Court just outside Bristol, red deer hinds were scouring the dry grassland for green shoots during the hot July weather of 2018. A couple of magpies were hitching rides on the deers' backs, looking out for insects kicked up by the hinds.
The does were being pestered by flies round their eyes and noses, which the magpies scared off, at least for a while. In fact you can see a small swarm of disturbed flies in this photograph and this is may explain why the deer tolerate these noisy birds hitching a ride.
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