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Poor Deer Pic of the Day

Just your average bank holiday Monday in Phoenix Park.

THERE IS NOTHING worse when all you want to do is chill out and relax but someone just keeps annoying you.

This poor deer in Phoenix Park in Dublin was just trying to enjoy her lazy bank holiday Monday yesterday, when a jackdaw thought her flat head would be a perfect perch.

After a while, she seems to get pretty frustrated. This is when having hands would come in handy.

“Is there something on my head?”

(Niall Carson/PA Wire)

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