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Mammals - Hare Page 2

Image Taken on 21 Sep 2023 at 06:28 Image of day on 10 Nov 2023

Walks around the patch just don't get to see Hares in the fields, now stripped of the growing wheat they can use as a refuge. A few seem instead to be making the most of the comparative cover and largess of our little patch. We particularly like this portrait at the Woodland site.

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Image Taken on 16 Sep 2023 at 15:43 Image of day on 10 Nov 2023

Round pond is currently dry, and we are seeing Hares, Squirrel and Deer visiting the water trough. No way near enough rain yet to raise the water table to re-fill the pond.

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Image Taken on 23 Jun 2013 at 06:56 Image of day on 04 Aug 2013

An early Sunday morning walk was rewarded by seeing some hares on the local farms track. This one was facing into a blustery east wind, and we presume the flat ears were more comfortable

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Image Taken on 23 Jun 2013 at 06:57 Image of day on 04 Aug 2013

We finally tried the Hares patience, and it bounded away. This (to us anyway) bizarre frame tells us that hares can indeed see behind them!

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Image Taken on 11 Oct 2023 at 10:24 Image of day on 28 Nov 2023

After the farm Harvest dropped corn bonanza there is not much to feed on in the fields where there is no quick access to safety cover. So at least this Hare is enjoying the sanctuary of our little 2 acres

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Image Taken on 03 May 2023 at 06:19 Image of day on 08 Jun 2023

A week later on the back (North side) of the mound we find this sad front end of a hare, body mostly eaten but head and ears still very recognisable bottom left of the ribs.

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Image Taken on 12 Jun 2022 at 09:07 Image of day on 22 Jul 2022

Away from the Road, Hares hang around a little longer. This one is crouched at the edge of the crop watching us.

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Image Taken on 21 Feb 2024 at 06:53 Image of day on 15 Mar 2024

Around dawn this Hare stays still long enough for this decent portrait. We see Hares at this site several times a week - normally lolloping through making a blurred mess not worth showing.

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Image Taken on 17 Jul 2023 at 07:11 Image of day on 11 Sep 2023

The nearby Hare then wandered back down the concrete road. Here is a moment when you can again see both of them.
If you follow Japanese Anime from studio Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli you may know of director Kondo Yoshifumi's sweet film 'Whisper of the Heart' where a rendering of 'Country Road' as a humorous 'Concrete Road' has a special resonance.

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Image Taken on 31 Mar 2015 at 08:12 Image of day on 17 May 2015

Not many Hare sightings at the moment, and not obviously linked to the adjoining farm road being busy or not - this was a normal busy Tuesday morning.
We have often thought the colour of our Hares appears strange, but a recent BBC one-off documentary 'Springwatch' (actually in the Spring for once!) showed exactly the same glowing golden brown in an extract by Simon King.

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Image Taken on 31 Mar 2015 at 08:12 Image of day on 17 May 2015

A few second after the one above, this hare was running towards us. It is not as sharp as we would like, but we adore the great long rear legs stretching out in front of the forelegs as it powers towards us mostly hidden by out boundary hedge.

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Image Taken on 03 Apr 2024 at 09:03 Image of day on 28 Apr 2024

... but it seems the Hare then went through the hedge. Our appearance outside the hedge a quarter of an hour later prompted the Hare to flee.
This is just an impression, but does have the right feel.

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Image Taken on 03 Jul 2023 at 07:13 Image of day on 28 Aug 2023

Another moment from the 8 minute groom

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Image Taken on 03 Jul 2023 at 07:08 Image of day on 28 Aug 2023

The Hare then set about an 8 minute long wash-and-brush-up session.

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Image Taken on 02 Nov 2014 at 13:52 Image of day on 01 Jan 2015

A new discovery in the now a few inches high crop - a hare can be spotted most mornings crouched in a scrape perhaps 30 metres from the farm road and ourselves.

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Image Taken on 02 Nov 2014 at 14:03 Image of day on 01 Jan 2015

We can't work out the orientation of the Hare here even in the originals, but we thought it would be interesting to show the rows of the crop. Once the crop has grown a bit more this magical creature will be hidden from our eyes.

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Image Taken on 06 Nov 2014 at 07:32 Image of day on 01 Jan 2015

4 days later saw the first heavy frost of the season. To our surprise the Hare was still at it's scape just after dawn, in among the heavily frosted crop. Brrrr.
The hare was present almost every day until our last sighting on 11 December 2014 - about 5 weeks. The clay soil became waterlogged and we suspect his comfortable scrape became a mud-bath and he went somewhere more comfortable (Updated 1 Jan 2015).

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Image Taken on 15 Apr 2020 at 13:51 Image of day on 09 May 2020

A sad little tale that starts a few days before the major events. In the middle of the day we spotted a lone Hare lolloping through the crop on the field across our access track. Grabbing a picture, and noting to keep an eye out for them in this field, we just kept this pic 'for the record'.

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Image Taken on 05 May 2022 at 18:01 Image of day on 12 Jun 2022

At least one Brown Hare is visiting out little patch. Here 20m away near the garage ...

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Image Taken on 08 Jul 2023 at 20:40 Image of day on 03 Sep 2023

Lots of activity takes place in the hours of darkness
On the evening of the same day we first see this lovely Hare inside our east hedge just as it is getting dark.

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