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Golden Plovers appeared back on their high moorland breeding areas in late February. This bird was...

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Uploaded on Mar 6, 2012

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The exagerrated bounding undertaken by certain mammals (eg antelopes, rabbits) is known as pronking or...

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Uploaded on Mar 6, 2012

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This Mountain Hare might be starting to moult into its summer pelage, or it might be a particularly dark individual still in winter pelage.

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Uploaded on Mar 6, 2012

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This ram bravely stood his ground when others had run away. Couldn't decide whether it was because he...

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Uploaded on Mar 6, 2012

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These birds were part of a flock of 53 Twite feeding on rough ground in Morecambe Bay in Lancashire. ...

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Uploaded on Feb 26, 2012

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I liked the way the morning sunshine backlit their wings as they flew in to feed on weed seeds on this...

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Uploaded on Feb 26, 2012

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Pintails are more elegant than Mallards. This is a male and a female, the former showing his long...

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Uploaded on Feb 26, 2012

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Tree Sparrows are more brightly coloured than their commoner cousin, House Sparrow. Identified by a...

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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012

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Tree Sparrows are more brightly coloured than their commoner cousin, House Sparrow. Identified by a...

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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012

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Most of the Mountain Hares I saw resting were hunkered well down among longer vegetation but this one...

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Uploaded on Feb 23, 2012

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This is the same Mountain Hare that decided his camouflage had not worked so ran off at high speed. ...

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Uploaded on Feb 23, 2012

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This is a special habitat called blanket bog, comprised largely of Cotton Grasses and Sphagnum mosses....

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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This is a special habitat called blanket bog, comprised largely of Cotton Grasses and Sphagnum mosses....

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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Here is a capture of a Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) moving extremely fast. I inadvertently flushed...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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Here is a capture of a Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) moving extremely fast. I inadvertently flushed...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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I saw about fifty Mountain Hares on the Peak District Moors in Upper Derwentdale today, including...

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Uploaded on Feb 21, 2012

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I saw about fifty Mountain Hares on the Peak District Moors in Upper Derwentdale today, including...

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Uploaded on Feb 21, 2012

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I took several photographs of a fox this week, but they weren't good enough to post. Then...

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Uploaded on Feb 5, 2012

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