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The European hare, also known as the brown hare, is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia. It is among the largest hare species and is adapted to temperate, open country.
I like the sun, setting over the sea in front of the animal, being reflected in its eye. Too close to get the ears in fully :)
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Managed to creep closer to the Hares tonight and got this one tucking into some Foxglove leaves in the last of the evening sunlight.
Hare’sfoot Inkcap
I found these beautiful fungi on disturbed ground on a local common today. Resembling the furry feet of a hare when they first emerge as buds above the ground, they transform into delicately ribbed translucent cups of fine black lines on white. Within twenty four hours these fragile fungi disintegrate.
We had to climb to the very top of Carn Corie Easgarbath in the Cairngorms, Scotland, on an extremely windy day to see this Mountain Hare. Mountain Hares can run at 45mph but this one was, fortunately. comfortable with our presence and allowed my guide, James. and myself to move to 3 different positions to photograph it. Seeing this beautiful Mountain Hare (my first), albeit in its summer pelage, hunkered down in its scrape and watching its nose twitch as it watched us, was a most rewarding experience. It was still there when we crept away.
Brianne and Moonbeam, my two garden hare sculptures.
Hares have a long history as a sacred animal.
Witches are said to be able to shape shift to this animal.
They are historically linked to being captivated by the moon, hence the phrase ‘moon gazing hare’.
Many people believed that the sight of a moon gazing hare would bring good luck, and was a positive symbol.
Magical Mystery
By day I am a shadow that hides in the light,
By darkness a moonbeam that dances the night,
I am the spirit that runs with the Moon,
From Spring Time to harvest, in time
with Earth's tune
I am the spirit of fresh greening fields,
I grow with the year till her harvest she yields
I am the last sheaf bound up with the corn,
The spirit of Earth, forever reborn
I am a shape changer, I change like the year
I fly as the Owl and I run as the Deer
The eggs of the Lapwing are left in my care,
For I am the Mystery and Magic, I am the Hare
So, if you should seek me lying close in my form,
I will run through your dreams from darkness till dawn.
Sharon L. Shute 1998
ANSH 109 (13) mystical
Been to this spot a few times but never seen any duelling/boxing Brown Hares during the month of March.
Went back to my hare site with a bigger lens for another attempt to get a frisky couple and found a man with two greyhounds off the leash. Call me suspicious but I have reported the incident to the local authority. So apologies but for the moment this heavily cropped picture will have to make do.
Came across these boxing hares on the Yorkshire Wolds but unfortunately my lens was not long enough!
Hopefully a sign of things to come...
It's been so wet through March the hares haven't been very active, but it feels like things are changing now (fingers crossed).
The March Hare loved milk when she was alive,
but her milk was poisoned,
and she died in pain.
Therefore she hated milk.
However, she became addicted to cream after she died.
She loved cream so much
that she even wore cream on her head.
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I had to laugh at this lovely Hare, the last set of shots i managed to capture of Hare's was quite a distance from my house, probably 10 miles away, This one was literally half a mile away if that! i had no idea that they were this close from me :)
Lovely day yesterday but I thought I would be out too late for any hare sightings. In fact saw loads but always distant and the harsh lighting made auto focus difficult. Here is a chase in progress - as usual there were 3 males vying for the female's attention and I saw one lucky winner disappear with her into the field edge.
Brown Hares graze on vegetation and nibble bark from young trees and bushes. Hares shelter in a 'form', which is simply a shallow depression in the ground or grasses, but when disturbed, can be seen bounding across fields using their powerful hind legs to propel them forwards, often in a zigzag pattern. They are commonest in grassland and at woodland edges. In early spring, Brown Hares are at their most visible as the breeding season encourages fighting or 'boxing'.