Mountain Hares

[chrisG]

I had a fantastic session tracking down elusive mountain hares yesterday. Photography wise the results arent great, with thick fog coming and going making things difficult. We covered 12 miles of rough boggy upland moors and my legs are paying for it today, but it was a great day.


Hare206 by Chris Gash, on Flickr


Hare 315 by Chris Gash, on Flickr


Mark by Chris Gash, on Flickr

[davelumb]

Great stuff.

Peak District?

[chrisG]

Yes Dave. That and Scotland are the only options I believe?

[davelumb]

Yes Dave. That and Scotland are the only options I believe?

I think so too.

[Monts]

I had a fantastic session tracking down elusive mountain hares yesterday. Photography wise the results arent great, with thick fog coming and going making things difficult. We covered 12 miles of rough boggy upland moors and my legs are paying for it today, but it was a great day.


Hare206 by Chris Gash, on Flickr


Hare 315 by Chris Gash, on Flickr


Mark by Chris Gash, on Flickr

[chrisG]

Hare by Chris Gash, on Flickr

[Stewlaws]

Chris .. are mountain hares in decline then in Scotland, was up at braemar in Perthshire in 92 and you were tripping over them quite literally

[chrisG]

I'm not sure Stew, these were in the Peak District, the only population outside of Scotland in the UK.

The Peak District ones are few in number and limited to 3 or 4 peaks. I guess there's more scope for them being wildespread up in Scotland, with the Cairngorms being the stronghold I believe. There is some concern that as we get less snow cover each winter their white coats make them an easy spot for predators, untill their coats turn brown in the spring.