Herds of wild deer have become a familiar sight on grassland adjoining the Plymouth-based security contractor Securi-Guard’s HQ in Darklake View, Estover for a number of years. Diggers and building work on a new home for the company’s Fire and Security Systems Division doesn’t appear to have put them off.
Photos of deer wandering about the site were captured recently by Kim Precious, Managing Director – Securi-Guard Monitoring, who is a photographer in her spare time. She said: “I have to say it took me quite by surprise when I spotted them walking near the digger and around the foundations not long after construction began. They didn’t seem at all bothered, but I think it is fair to say we have not seen as much of them since the work started. I can’t say I blame them really.”
Over the years, Kim has taken many photos of visiting herds that have frequented the grassed area so often that they have become known as the ‘Securi-Guard Deer’. Sometimes they get even closer. Kim once managed to photograph a fawn resting in a patch of gravel, yards from the entrance to Securi-Guard’s main offices.
“The deer have always been very much part of the Securi-Guard family so we hope they will return more regularly when the construction work is finally completed,” added Kim.
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