Friday 27 May 2011

Brown Hare

Seeing a hare shooting across the fields at full tilt, zig-zagging away, is an invigorating sight.  However, sometimes they come closer to the house so we can have a better look at them.  This hare was quite at home this morning, as we saw him saunter around the garden for a while.

He must have built up quite an appetite to come to the edge of the pond for an early morning snack of grass .  It's only when you see them this close that you realise that they are such a big animal, appreciably bigger than a rabbit.


The hares are magnificent creatures that seem to exude power even when crouched on the ground nibbling grass.  We don't mind the hares near the house as they tend not to cause us any problems, except that they do have a real taste for Lupins!

Hare eating grass near standing stone

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