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Mountain Hare.⁠ ⁠ From a bitterly cold day on

Mountain Hare.⁠
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From a bitterly cold day on the hills. I had arranged to meet up with Andy and his group that morning, after he'd enjoyed great views of hares boxing, but as I reached the top of the hill, I spotted him and his clients on the other side of the glen.⁠
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Wise move, as when I reached the top, the icy wind and snow blowing around made it incredibly unpleasant and nigh on impossible to locate hares.⁠
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With the weather being so harsh up there, I retreated down the hill to where I'd found some shelter on the ascent, and not surprisingly found some hares, that had had the same idea.⁠
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This one was also coming down from the top, and took a wide berth around me, as I sat like a fat snowman on the slope, to go join a group of other hares nearby.⁠
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That taught me a lesson about wind speed and direction at that site, and when it's not worth making the hike up to the summit. And to also think like a hare...⁠
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Mountain Hare.⁠ ⁠ While it wasn't snowing that

Mountain Hare.⁠
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While it wasn't snowing that day, there was quite a bit of it blowing around, and every so often the hare would sit up and shake off the ice and snow that had settled on her.⁠
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Mountain Hare.⁠ ⁠ We had watched this female f

Mountain Hare.⁠
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We had watched this female for quite some time, so when she sat up and began to move, we did fear that she was going to find somewhere more sheltered to sit. ⁠
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Thankfully she was just stretching her legs, and sat back down again for us. ⁠
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Mountain Hare.⁠ ⁠ While shots of the hares in

Mountain Hare.⁠
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While shots of the hares in winter with their white coats on a blanket of snow are great, I do like shots when they're sitting in darker surrounds, as it shows off their guard hairs perfectly.⁠
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Mountain Hare.⁠ ⁠ Another wider image of the i

Mountain Hare.⁠
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Another wider image of the individual we encountered on the lower slopes of where we normally see them. ⁠
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While we were a bit concerned with the hare being "out of place" where it was, the hare was busily munching away on the vegetation down there.⁠
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Eventually it ambled off to an area that was less appealing to photograph it in, and we left it be.⁠
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Saved us a walk up the hill, and we left with some different images from that session. Glad I'd packed my 24-105mm lens...⁠
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Mountain Hare.⁠ ⁠ It's not often that Andy How

Mountain Hare.⁠
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It's not often that Andy Howard is surprised by a hare, but he was on this visit to the hills. We'd gone to look for hares, with the intention of walking up to the top, but we stumbled upon this individual that was feeding from beside the parking area!⁠
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With a careful approach, we soon realised it was totally relaxed with us being close, and we were able to make use of a wider lens to take in some of the surrounding area for the images.⁠
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Mountain Hare.⁠ ⁠ This is the moment when you

Mountain Hare.⁠
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This is the moment when you finally establish the gender of the hare that you've been watching for a while.⁠
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He stood up to stretch, and well, it's obvious that this hare is a male.⁠
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Until that point, it's tricky to determine the gender of a hare, so naming them is best done after such an observation has been made... ⁠
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Mountain Hare⁠ ⁠ This one was using a large bo

Mountain Hare⁠
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This one was using a large boulder as a shelter from the icy breeze blowing that day. Of course we were exposed to that chill, but it was lovely to watch this hare as it preened and occasionally stretched or yawned.⁠
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I'm not usually a fan of sunny days with white subjects as it can be tricky for exposure and make the images too contrasty, but it does light up the hare's eye beautifully, to show that hazel brown colour.⁠
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Mountain Hare.⁠ ⁠ Looking like 2021 will be th

Mountain Hare.⁠
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Looking like 2021 will be the first year since I began to visit the Highlands annually that I'll not be seeing any mountain hares.⁠
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But it's not the end of the world, and I have probably hundreds of images I've not shared of them, from days out alone, with friends and with clients.⁠
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This was a female that we'd been watching for a couple of hours. She had a male accompanying her originally, who had tried to approach but was met with a face that said "no chance laddie".⁠
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She had been cleaning her coat and went down to get a pellet to munch on.⁠
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Barn Owl⁠ ⁠ When the shorties failed to perfor

Barn Owl⁠
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When the shorties failed to perform, this barn owl took over, and provided me with some great images against the setting sun.⁠
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Short-Eared Owl⁠ ⁠ I'd gone to this site for t

Short-Eared Owl⁠
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I'd gone to this site for this sort of image, but this was about the only half decent image I managed with the shorties, as they never seemed to fly in the right area, or in the right direction. ⁠
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I've got a cracking shot of one going away from me, with its wings all beautifully lit up... oh well! ⁠
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Barn Owl⁠ ⁠ Returning to January again for thi

Barn Owl⁠
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Returning to January again for this image of a barn owl, quartering the fringes of a meadow at sunset.⁠
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It takes a few things to go right for such an image: the subject being out, being in the right place and the light to be good too. I've lost count of the number of times when one aspect has failed to work out, and I've left with nothing of note.⁠
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Kestrel.⁠ ⁠ A couple of weeks ago I visited a

Kestrel.⁠
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A couple of weeks ago I visited a site in the Cotswolds where I've seen owls before, but alas this time, despite the weather being almost perfect, I failed to see any.⁠
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Thankfully this gorgeous male kestrel made up for the no-show, and with the eye-tracking AF on the Canon R5 in action, when he took off, I nailed this shot.⁠
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Barn Owl⁠ ⁠ From back in January, when I was f

Barn Owl⁠
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From back in January, when I was fortunate to watch some owls hunting at sunset, in Gloucestershire.⁠
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Short-Eared Owl.⁠ ⁠ Wishing everyone a Happy N

Short-Eared Owl.⁠
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Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.⁠
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This was taken in January 2020, down in the Cotswolds. There were a couple of "shorties" flying around the meadows, unlike the other day when I visited, and failed to see anything much in almost perfect conditions.⁠
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