POLICE are appealing for information following reports of illegal deer poaching.

This has been taking place in the Broughton Moor to Flimby areas.

It was reported that at least four deer heads and skins had been dumped and the carcasses removed.

The creatures are wild and it is thought that they are roe deer. 

This is believed to have happened overnight on March 18 to 19.

Anyone with any information in relation to the incident is asked to contact police by reporting online at  www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it - quoting incident 133 of March 19. You can also phone on 101.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.