Native, but died out in Derbyshire in historical times. Roe deer are expanding their range nationally, from north and south, and they have begun to recolonise the county. They are established in the north-east, with records from Moss Valley, Carr Vale NR, Doe Lea Valley, Scarcliffe, Barlborough, and several coalfield reclamation sites. There is a very small population in Greater Manchester, close to the NW border of Derbyshire which is presumably the source of occasional records in the Longdendale-Glossop area. There have been sporadic recent records from elsewhere, including the Upper Derwent valley (one dead on Win Hill in 2001), the Snake area, and Ashbourne. In early 2006 a roebuck turned up at Calke Park and has been seen grazing with the fallow deer on several occasions since then.

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