Springwatch: Roe buck poses for pictures on Sheffield street as BBC wildlife programme broadcasts from city

The male, or buck, appeared to stop and pose as it was snapped by an astounded Bob Scaife outside his home in Gleadless Townend.

He said: “I live in the middle of a Sheffield estate and woke this morning at sunrise. I gazed outside the window to see a roe buck sauntering down the street. I had to rub my eyes a couple of times.”

According to the Woodland Trust, the roe is our most widely distributed deer, found in woods across the country. Only males have antlers.

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It is the latest in a series of deer sightings in the city centre, usually in April or May and it comes after BBC Springwatch selected Sheffield this year due to its abundance of wildlife.

The programme is part-way through three weeks of shows based at Longshaw with a special segment called ‘Springwatch Street’ focusing on back gardens on an unnamed street in the city.