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A large group of people - including children - were seen approaching a stag at Wollaton Park (Steve Tabreham)

Wollaton Park visitors have been urged to keep their distance from deer after a group of people – including children – were seen approaching them ahead of rutting season.

Herds of red and fallow deer roam freely around Nottingham City Council-run Wollaton Hall and Deer Park.

Signs advising people to stay at least 50 metres away from the deer are located throughout the park, but a large group of visitors – some of them young children – have been pictured approaching them.

Warnings have again been issued as rutting season approaches. The season runs between September to November, with calving between May and July.

Local resident Julia Tabreham, who regularly walks her do

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