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Older widened roads leave odd little animal corridors where the new verge never quite matches the old field line. Maintenance crews notice them because that is where the broken glass and fur turn up.

Peeling reflective signs matter too. Not mystical. Just light behaving badly at animal-eye height.

Agreed. I will keep to the M5 northbound slip at junction 7 because that is where the notes are thickest, but I will not bait, light, call, stop on the carriageway, or interfere with the animals.

For the next week I will log lamp column type where I can read it, sign condition, traffic gaps, indicators, weather, and whether the deer cross before or after lane changes settle. If it turns into ordinary deer learning the road, that is still worth knowing.