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In the rapeseed fields around Manlleu, in Osona, you can see the roe deer hidden among the yellow landscape, jumping or running away at a trot, as can be seen in these images in Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia.
The roe deer (cabirol) is a species of the Cervidae family. It is the smallest in Eurasia and its range extends from western Europe to northern China.
With a maximum height of about 75 centimeters and a weight of between 20 and 30 kilograms, its diet consists of the consumption of leaves from shrubs and low trees, as well as berries and young shoots.
It is an animal with a very high capacity for adaptation, which is why it can live both in closed forests and in wide meadows. In this case, the colorful rapeseed fields of spring.
Rapeseed can be profitable if there is finally a good harvest and Osona is precisely the Catalan region with the largest areas of this crop that is used to produce fodder and biodiesel.
The mechanization of work in the field has made the process of harvesting rapeseed faster and more productive
In addition, in spring, the rapeseed fields create a green and yellow fantasy in the landscape, giving it a lot of color and generating life among the insects.
