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Title: Hares
Post by: cleo on March 28, 2005, 17:31:04
Three hares dashing around in the field behind the house this afternoon-I have never seen it before-quite an amazing sight.

Stephan
Title: Re: Hares
Post by: Doris_Pinks on March 28, 2005, 17:38:05
Ohhhhh  I need a green envy smilie! Something I have always wanted to see! One of those things to see before I die things ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Hares
Post by: kitty on March 29, 2005, 16:50:02
o hares-my favourites...well,lots of things are my favourites really ;D
we see hares regularly here-lucky us-i really reallywant to see a live badger or several preferably-we live in the middle of nowhere and a young cub was clipped by a car and killed near us just yesterday

>:(why do people drive so fast >:(

i'm painting badgers at the moment but mike wouldn't stop the car for me to see him close up..its a very fast road so maybe i'd have joined the badger! :(

i hope you carry on seeing hares stephan and i hope you get to see some soon doris!
kitty

Title: Re: Hares
Post by: Mrs Ava on March 29, 2005, 17:26:27
A hare raced through my finger tips last summer at the allotment.  Really really made me jump!  The NT were up on the common choping down trees and strimming and they drove hares and deers our way!  Fortunately they all moved on before scoffing our crops.

The only time I have ever seen a badger alive was as it ran across the road in front of us coming home late one night.  Didn't hit him, Ava is far to good a driver for that, but it really was only a glimpse.  Would love to see them 'properly'.

Lucky old you Stephan.  What is dashing around behind our house I wonder, just looking out the window....oh, the bloke across the way is cleaning his windows.  Oh the glamour of rural Essex!  :-\
Title: Re: Hares
Post by: osprey480 on March 29, 2005, 19:30:25
took dog out early this morning and saw 2 hares "boxing" standing on hind legs and I got very close and watched them without them realizing I was there. One of the few times I forgot to take camera-but never mind a great site.
Title: Re: Hares
Post by: MagpieDi on March 30, 2005, 00:29:45
Hi Kitty
We have lots of badgers roaming around our village ! There are quite a few badger setts in the woods nearby. A bloke in the village regularly goes down to one particular sett after dark to take photos, and shows anyone interested his slides. Wonderful.

I was once driving  just up the lane, and a family of 3 badgers dashed out of the hedge, ran along the road, then back into another field. Amazing sight !

But, inevitably, we also find them dead by the roadside.  :(
Title: Re: Hares
Post by: Val on March 30, 2005, 11:24:04
 I've seen them and it gave me a bit of a shock, I thought they were just a bit bigger than a rabbit, but once you see them you know its a hare and they are huge. A lovely sight.
Title: Re: Hares
Post by: wardy on March 31, 2005, 22:44:21
I saw a badger one evening as I was driving home from the pub.  It ran along the side of the road for quite a while and I was able to drive slowly behind it before it ran off into the hedge.  Huge creatures!  It's not until you see them at close quarters that you realise just how big they are.  What a privelege  ;D
Title: Re: Hares
Post by: BAGGY on April 01, 2005, 13:27:42
We have Macdonalds wrappers and larger louts frolicking at the rear of our house.  The wildest thing we get are grey squirrels and foxes.  I would love to have more furry visitors.