Red Deer at Białowieża Forest

Białowieża Forest, straddling the Poland–Belarus border, protects one of Europe's last great tracts of primeval woodland, its ancient deciduous and mixed stands offering a rare, undisturbed backdrop for photographing Red Deer. January visits on the Wildlife of Białowieża Forest holiday bring the chance to find these animals moving through the frost-laden trees, the low winter light picking out their forms against the timeless forest mosaic. It's a location where the sheer scale and age of the woodland itself becomes as much a part of the image as the deer. Patience among the ancient trunks is rewarded with a genuine sense of Europe's wilder past.