Deer causes a stir on campus
12 Jun 2012
A deer has been the talk of Fallow-field after it was spotted on Friday at the heart of The University of Manchester’s busy Oxford Road campus.
![Deer on campus](https://newsadmin.manchester.ac.uk/newsimages/167/8380_large.jpg)
The animal was seen wandering in the bushes behind the IT building between Upper Brook Street and Oxford Road by a number of stunned staff and students.
Telecoms engineer Brian Starr who photographed the deer explained that it seemed calm and completely unfazed. He said: “It was there all day. We saw it at about 11.40am and then again at 4.20pm.”
The sighting was reported to Security, who then got in touch with the RSPCA.
Bizarrely, a tweet to ‘RSPCA Frontline’ just two days later also reported spotting a deer close to the city centre. Perhaps it had taken a wrong turn on a stag-do?