“The only deer really moving in to London is the muntjac, although fallow deer appear to be in Havering. Muntjac were introduced from China in the nineteenth century and escaped from Woburn Park in the 1920s. Muntjac are the smallest of the wild deer. They have very small antlers and a glossy red-brown coat with some white patches on their thighs. Their most distinctive feature is the pair of “tusks” (in reality, long canine teeth) which stick out from below their upper lip. They are small, secretive, solitary creatures which can easily live in an area unnoticed.

Muntjac have probably been able to colonise the outskirts of London because they can eat a variety of food and only need very small woodlands in which to survive. Bramble is ideal for them to both eat and hide in. They also eat roses, ivy, honeysuckle, clematis, peas, beans and even bluebells.

from http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/wildinfo/probdeer.htm

Kittiwakes are lovely, another change I’ve observed is the advance of Fulmars around the Crnish coast in recent years, and the arrival of those white heron things - ibis.

Urban deer have been reported on the outskirts of East London, burrowing through people’s gardens - it’s a small species from Asia, forget the name now.