A young hare is called a leveret (up to one year of age). They are born with their eyes open, and are left alone in the day, laying in place, in forms to avoid attracting predators. The mother returns at sunset and the leverets gather around her to suckle.

Still rummaging through my summer shots, brings back memories of my encounters with the Brown Hare.

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...

This Hare popped up right in front of me. I think we were both as startled as each other! Fortunately he/she didn't seem to bothered and continued on their way, rather than legging it!

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Hare. (1737)

I think I have just been spotted :-)

Taken Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. If approached slowly and carefully these hares can be very confiding. Spent some time with this subject as it sheltered from bitterly cold gale force winds near the summit of a Cairn off the Findhorn valley.

It was lovely to watch this Hare having a stretch as it raised up to start it’s night shift. Hares feed mainly at night and outside of the Spring breeding season they rest up in cover for most of the day. I did the best I could to get a photograph in the rapidly falling light.

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,Moss lane.

A couple more of the hares, in the last light of the day...

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From the deserts of Namibia to the frozen cold of Scotland...

I took a last minute impromptu trip up to the Highlands last week to spend some time with these amazing creatures - Mountain Hares.

Last weekend I went looking for a decent spot to photograph Brown Hares. Safe to say the new spot is looking good!

Hopefully I'll have a lot more of these guys to share over the coming weeks. I've just got to keep up the 4am starts...😴😴😴

Hare taking cover

A rather soggy Bowland Hare

Just driving along,and this hare was so close to the road,good job I had my camera with me.

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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.

Close up with Bowland Brown Hare

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Bowland, Lancashire

Finally!! only taken six years of wildlife photography to get this shot

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.

Dumfries & Galloway

Scotland

aka Brown Hare.

Another from the frosty encounter recently...

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Misty hare from this morning at sunrise. The mist wasn't in the forecast and didn't last long, but it was nice to make use of the atmospheric conditions when these hares came close. Worth the 4am start I'd say!

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One of two brown hares seen this afternoon at the top of the Cotswold escarpment. I managed to get reasonably close to this animal which was resting close to a hedgerow in an arable field.

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Sticking with this Mountain Hare for these two images - one close up and one as a wide angle...