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Between Friday 13th and Sunday 15th March, the half-a-billion-year history of Charnwood Forest was brought to life in a free exhibition and projection show. Inside the 500-year-old ruins of Bradgate House in Bradgate Park , over 3,000 models of the Geopark ’s incredible fossils were created by local people at workshops ​at Fosse Park and Highcross shopping centres   A selection of never-before-seen animations offered a glimpse into the Charnwood Forest over 560 million years ago. The evening began with the house illuminated in blue and red, welcoming us through the gates. An introduction by Jim Butler from YouTube channel ​⁠ led us to explore the sculptures and ruins, creating a dramatic backdrop reminiscent of an episode of The Traitors . Later, the buildings sprang to life with projected animations narrating the park’s history and fossils. A particularly haunting moment featured Lady Jane Grey ’s unmistakable image projected onto the ruins of her former home. The sp...

I woke up at 6:30am and set off to Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, a former Medieval Deer Park, first enclosed as a hunting park over 750 years ago and home to a large herd of wild deer that I planned to capture on film. As the sun rose over the parkland the deep sounds of the male deer calling out could be heard though the crisp morning air, the cool palette of blues and whites gave way to deep oranges as the majestic animals made their presence known. An army of photographers marched through the ferns like an episode of Dads Army, their large lenses draped in various forms of camouflage. I decided to go the opposite way and came across a lone stag hunting for his breakfast in amongst the plant life backlit by the rising sun. The video above shows the deer calling out to each other across the parkland bathed in the early morning sunlight. Some images of the deer can be seen after the break

A short film shot at Bradgate Park Leicestershire featuring the wild deer that live in the park. Filmed at sunrise the stags could be herd calling all around as they fought each other for control of the heard.