Brown Hares

It has been a week of daily and heavy showers,and is still very showery as I post this blog.Yesterday the heavy showers relented and I was able to get out for a couple of hours for an evening drive around Bowland's quiet lanes.On this occasion I didn't see any deer or owls but there were a few brown hares enjoying the dry weather and enjoying the fresh meadow grasses.

I found a couple of hares feeding close to the road up above Whitewell and I spent some time observing and photographing them.One of the hares had a piece of it's right ear missing probably as a result of an attack by a fox or possibly from fighting with another hare.Both hares spent some time washing and sprucing themselves up after the day's heavy rain.It was like watching a cat washing itself and made for some different images.The best from the evening are shown above and I will be out and about again soon to add to my growing collection of brown hare images.Thanks for looking in and enjoy the weekend.