So there we were, the four of us, coming back from a stroll down the canal on a recon to Homebase and Sainsbury's when M turns back and says "What's that?... is it a...?"
To which I turn to see something bobbing in the water. A beaver? No... we're clearly not in Canada! A duck then? Nope, ducks don't "bob" like that..... oh my God, it's a Muntjac! Where the hell did that come from? This is a canal in the middle of suburbia, it's not native habitat!
And there it was, this little deer, doing "doggie paddle" in the canal. It swam a metre or so, got to the bank and scrambled up it, like it was a perfectly natural thing to do.