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Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus
Norfolk
The brown hare is known for its long, black-tipped ears and fast running - it can reach speeds of 45mph when evading predators. It prefers a mosaic of farmland and woodland habitats and can often be spotted in fields.
Thought to have been introduced into the UK in Roman Times (or even earlier), the brown hare is now considered naturalised. It is most common in grassland habitats and at woodland edges, favouring a mosaic of arable fields, grasses and hedgerows. It grazes on vegetation and the bark of young trees and bushes. Brown hares do not dig burrows, but shelter in 'forms', which are shallow depressions in the ground or grass; when disturbed, they can be seen bounding across the fields, using their powerful hind legs to propel them forwards, often in a zigzag pattern. Brown hares are at their most visible in early spring when the breeding season encourages fighting or 'boxing'. Females can produce three to four litters of two to four young (known as leverets) a year.
Widespread, but absent from northern Scotland and the Scottish islands, except Islay, I'm reliably informed.
I used a combination of photos and merged them in photoshop elements to produce this Hare in the Moonlight.
I've been a bit quiet recently here, but that's mainly because I've been getting up early most days in the pursuit of these guys. Plenty more hare photos to come! :)
Happy Friday!
So I'm getting there with the new spot close to home. There's a spot where I can lie on a public footpath, which the hares sometimes use to travel between two fields. I'm finally getting some closer views!
Have a great weekend...
A couple of 'hare running towards head on' shots. Both taken on the same morning. The hares use this track regularly so it's just a case of lying in wait...
The last few days saw me take another trip back up to the Scottish Highlands as the snow had finally arrived. My first full day was in the company of this Mountain Hare, high up on the Cairngorm Mountain...
... their fur is white in winter
The mountain hare (Lepus timidus) is a Palearctic hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats from Fennoscandia to eastern Siberia; in addition there are isolated mountain populations in the Alps, Ireland, Scotland, the Baltics, northeastern Poland and Hokkaidō. The mountain hare has also been introduced to Iceland, Shetland, Orkney, the Isle of Man, the Peak District, Svalbard, Kerguelen Islands, Crozet Islands, and the Faroe Islands.In the Alps, the mountain hare lives at elevations from 700 to 3800 m, depending on biographic region and season (Wikipedia)
Taken in #TierparkHellabrunn / Munich ZOO
Canon EOS 450D EF70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM
ƒ/ 5.6
300 mm
1/60
ISO 800
Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)
Brutal weather out in the Peak District this morning. High winds, sleet, snow and limited visibility. I lasted about 3 hrs before I headed for home. However, this type of weather is no problem for mountain hares.
Been watching a few Hares for a number of days and trying to work out where their main highways might be. It's generally random but they seemed to prefer one area of a couple of fields. In position at dawn and waited. Some time later....well much later.... this Hare appeared!
Der Feldhase steht mittlerweile auf der Roten Liste der gefährdeten Tiere in Deutschland. Leider gibt es dennoch keine ganzjährige Schonzeit für Feldhasen.
European hare placed on the Red List of threatened species.
However hunting is still allowed.
Continuing on with the Hares - I can't get enough of them!
Here's a couple from yesterday morning...
There has been a lot of farming near home recently. The usual spot I went to for the hares in February/March is now a potato field so they disappeared. It wasn't until recently that I found where they've been hiding. I'm hoping over the coming weeks to do much better than these two shots, but for now...
celebratory procession of Hare Krishna in Moscow on Arbat Street. a small cheerful group drew attention everyone who was at that moment in that place.
Came belting across the field towards us and then turned at speed and for once I was able to follow it with the camera. Not easy to get a good shot through the heat-haze but certainly a great encounter! Also saw other hares boxing but sadly too far away for photography.
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