Hare running

Rabbits generally hop using a gallop-style gait, during which the back paws land together in pairs forward of and outside of the front paws. They use this gait whether they are moving quickly or slowly. Rabbits will also walk when carefully exploring a new area.

Although the words are sometimes used interchangeable to refer to anything that looks like a bunny, rabbits and hares are not the same.

As usual through this year I have spent some time photographing Brown Hares. There are two main reasons for this, one being that they are always great fun to photograph and secondly the hare site is close to home which allows me to pop in to undertake short evening sessions. The photographs in this post have mostly been taken in the evening when the light has been low, as you can tell by the size of the hares' pupils in some of the images, and on these occasions the superb high ISO…

Otmoor RSPB Nature Reserve, near Beckley, Oxfordshire (April 2009) For more information on this species of Hare see the following links: Lepus europaeus / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species European Hare / Wikipedia Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/400 Av(Aperture Value) 6.3 Exposure Compensation -2/3 ISO Speed 400