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I had a close encounter of the Harey kind today. There were 5 Hares running around in this field, I just sat at the edge watching them, keeping still & quiet. Then a couple of them started running towards me. I almost had to warn this one about social distancing during the current Covid-19 climate. It was a fantastic experience to have such an amazing animal come so close.
A tough day of walking on really difficult terrain on the high moors of the Peak District led myself and friend and fellow photographer Neil Shaw to some iconic Mountain Hares.We had to work extremely hard in order to get close enough to capture some images as these are extremely nervous and shy animals , but it was a wonderfully rewarding day and experience.
This Hare is transitioning from its white winter coat into the brown summer coat and I was able to crawl to within a few yards before he bolted.
One from this morning. While I wish I could have photographed them boxing closer, I really like this scene and the light was that lovely pink/red glow you sometimes get at sunrise in winter...
While walking the local fields I had a Stoat run across in front of me, hoping it would come back I took cover and waited. This Hare appeared out of nowhere walking almost within touching distance, not sure who was more surprised.
A couple more Hares...
Unfortunately the Hares I've been watching have cleared off from the two fields I've been focussed on. No doubt this is due to the farmer recently sprayed pesticide over the crop. So its back to searching for another site/looking for others species...
While photographing some finches this little fellow showed up. Some days you just have to much focal length. Backyard Isle lake.
I spotted this young leveret crouching low in the grass near Holmfirth this morning. It was in a field next to a road, and I stayed on the road with the 420mm lens so as not to disturb it. Brown Hares give birth to about three litters each year, producing one to four leverets in each litter. Soon after giving birth, the mothers move 2-300m away, leaving their young leverets alone in the grass. She only visits them to suckle about 50 minutes after sunset. The young disperse up to 100m from their birthplace when they are a few days old, but the siblings meet up and play about 20 minutes before their mother arrives to feed them. She only feeds them once every 24 hours, and that feed only lasts about 5 minutes. Once they have fed the leverets disperse again. The young start grazing when they are 13-17 days old, and I can see that this one has been nibbling the nearby grass, so my guess of 2-3 weeks old is probably correct. The mother suckles them for about 5 weeks and they attain adult size after about 6 months. This youngster would certainly have been dependent on its mother. Bizarrely the mother licks up any urine produced by the leverets, presumably because the smell might attract predators, especially Fox. Foxes are the main predator of young Brown Hares in Britain and take a staggering 80-100% of leverets produced each year. This helps to explain why they are still uncommon when Does produce 4-12 young each year.
A Brown Hare thought to be the Easter Bunny as the Hares 'form' resembles the 'scrape' of ground nesting birds, hence the association with 'Eggs' brought by the Easter Bunny.
So I've been working (trying) with Barn Owls for the past month with some success, as per the earlier photos, but they seem spooked every time I try to use a wide angle lens. Hence the lack of images recently!
I'll persevere with the Owls, but I decided to spend the last couple of days working on different subjects. A couple of days ago I headed up to the Peak District to photograph Mountain Hares.
Fortunately one proved not to be worried by my presence and allowed a slow and steady approach as a crawled through the grass to get a clear shot.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Here's a few from last summer that I've just been having a look over again... :)
Morning ablutions brown hare style. My friend Andy had made me feel guilty that I had not seen in the dawn at our hare field so yesterday I made the effort for the early start. I was reminded why we do this wildlife watching and photography - hours of frustration but every now and then it repays us. What a morning.
A bit of radio silence from me recently, on account of getting married, so here's a selection of images taken back in June/July. I've not had time to be out with the camera through August, apart from camera trapping in the garden for hedgehogs (more on them to come)...
Lepus europaeus
Morgenspaziergang in der Nähe von Wasenberg (Hessen, Germany).
Morning walk near Wasenberg (Hessen, Germany).
Hare_Geà rr
Rebirth, Intuition, Balance
"Geà rr brings the benefit of balance and intuition, of promise and fulfillment. The hare is a creature of the Goddess, of the night and of the moon, however representing dawn, clarity and the East."
Lepre_Geà rr
Rinascita, Intuito, Equilibrio
"Geà rr porta il beneficio dell'equilibrio e dell'intuito, della promessa e del compimento. La lepre è creatura della Dea, della notte e della luna, rappresentando comunque l'alba, la chiarezza e l'Oriente."
Testo tratto da L'oracolo dei Druidi. Lavorare con gli Animali Sacri della Tradizione Celtica. Text taken from The Oracle of the Druids. Working with the Sacred Animals of the Celtic Tradition.
www.edizionilpuntodincontro.it/libri/l-oracolo-dei-druidi...
Privelaged to have this hare come very close to me . I just sat still and watched it very aware that any movement would frighten it . It then moved away and sat for a couple of seconds allowing me the chance to get a photo before it ran off
The light was already very harsh and the hares were not running that close, but the chase was fantastic.
Haas - European hare (Lepus europaeus)
went looking for barn owl with no joy last night but a couple of hares came up to me so it was nice to still go home with some shots
I spent two hours waiting in hedge bottom this morning, waiting for one of the local hares to come into close range, here is one of my rewards.
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Mountain Hare - Lepus Timidus
Findhorn, Highlands
Whilst driving back down the road this hare couldn't get through the fence so I was able to get quite close. It got through a hole eventually and went safely on its way
Still going with the hares and will be for some time all being well!
Not quite the easter bunny but close enough... :)
I'm a little late with this but Happy New Year!
Since I started trying to photograph brown hares back in 2019 I've always wanted to photograph them in some snow. Chances have been fleeting over the past few years but I've tried, and always failed. Most of the time the hares would just hunker down and wait for the snow to melt (which didn't take long) and I can hardly blame them. So with this current cold spell and the snow sticking around I've spent a few hours each morning lying in wait. On my 4th morning I finally, finally, had this hare come close and in some nice morning light. I appreciate this is just a close up shot of a hare but for me it's a lot more than that...
I'm a little late with this but Happy New Year!
Since I started trying to photograph brown hares back in 2019 I've always wanted to photograph them in some snow. Chances have been fleeting over the past few years but I've tried, and always failed. Most of the time the hares would just hunker down and wait for the snow to melt (which didn't take long) and I can hardly blame them. So with this current cold spell and the snow sticking around I've spent a few hours each morning lying in wait. I would have loved these two to box closer to me, but alas they kept their distance. I still like the wintry scene though so it's a keeper in my book, albeit taking 'small in the frame' to the extreme!