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This Mountain Hare had established a discreet hiding place and only popped into view when another Hare in the vicinity was getting all the photographers attention !
Back to the Hares!
The weather hasn't been great recently so opportunities with these guys haven't been as frequent. But they're still about and always exhilarating when they come close...
Great to get out and about while the weather is dry i came across this hare looking at me not moving checking me out lucky to get a shot of his eye
Brown Hare / lepus europaeus. Lincolnshire. 11/04/22.
'ON FULL ALERT.'
Brown Hare activity has started to ramp up now, though as yet any I've seen have been rather distant.
My image was made two years ago on a disused airfield. The hare had worked its way leisurely across the grass towards me, scenting the ground all the time. Due to this behaviour I assumed it was a buck, either trailing a doe or trying to seek one out.
This is the nearest it came to me, due the bag hide I was hidden in getting battered by strong winds and making a lot of noise! Not ideal concealment on that particular day!
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
This Brown Hare was looking very bedraggled in the heavy rain,as it was lying on the edge of this Suffolk Field.
Bucket list item for me. Always wanted to try to shoot hares, but never found the time to actually do it. Today I spent a few hours walking and looking, but found nothing. Got back in the car, drove a mile down the road and this guy was sat in a field next to me. Spent an hour watching him and waiting for him to make a move. Blurry shot at the end, but it will do for a first go and make me go back to do a better job next time.
Back on the hares! I haven’t been up for ages as the fields have been so flooded and waterlogged, and last time I went I didn’t see any at all and thought they had moved on elsewhere. However, I thought I’d give it a go yesterday morning and was so pleased to spot a group of them in the middle of the field. I crawled along the hedgerow to try and get closer to them when I suddenly realised this little guy was so close to me, he was so well disguised in the soil. I crawled to just 10 feet from him and spent some time observing him cleaning himself and chilling in the sun. This picture is uncropped, that’s how close I was to him. What a wonderful way to spend a morning, well worth getting muddied up to the eyeballs!
This Mountain Hare with its thick coat is well equipped to survive winter conditions but is presently having to contend with a protracted spell of rain and mild temperatures.
All those interested in wildlife will know occasions like this. You walk miles trying to find wildlife and when you do it scatters in all directions. But just now and then something like this happens, the wildlife just doesn't see you - this hare just kept coming closer and closer.
Bronstige Hazen - European Brown Hares (Lepus europaeus), overzealous male in heat, chasing a female.