Now that’s a stag night: Deer go rutting

Visitors are flocking to Killarney National Park to see Ireland’s largest native wild animal, the red deer stags, battling for hinds during the rutting season.

The annual rut for red deer has become a tourist attraction, with large numbers of people flocking to the National Park and its precincts to see the action close-up.

Each day, visitors can be seen with cameras at vantage points, watching majestic stags round up hinds to form harems and fight off other stags.