Hares and other animals
In the first week of September I decided to head for my favourite Hare haunts, hoping that the crops had been cut, which meant I had a possibility of seeing them again. I stopped in the first location and yes they had cut the fields, but disappointingly no Hares! I
Around Fontmell Down
I was woken early with the dawn chorus around 4am on the 30th May early in the morning. There was promise of a lovely day so I decided to go up to Fontmell Down for a change with Tilly to see what was about. On the way I couldn’t resist
More Hares
I was up just after 5am on 11th May, I had plans to travel a little further than my usual from home walks, although not too far away, on the downs to see if I could get closer to some Hares, of course taking Tilly with me, (such a great
Local Hares
A very sunny morning yesterday, 5th May. I went on one of my usual walks close to home and was really excited when I saw five Hares in the fields. They were a fair distance away and it was nice to have some bright light but not easy to photograph
Fallow Deer
It appeared to be a nice morning around dawn on Thursday 22nd April so I decided I would go and see if I could see the Hares before the hedges filled in as the leaves were coming out rapidly. Well I didn’t realise how cold it was and when I
Under Hambledon
On Friday 2nd April it was a fairly good morning so I decided to head towards Hambledon Hill going around the bottom rather than over the top. I got to the gate that looks over the newly sown fields towards Shroton Lines and spotted a Hare in the middle of
Around Home, Early September
I was beginning to think there was nothing about as it has been very quiet on my morning walks, the small birds have been keeping a low profile but slowly I’m seeing more around the village. I’ve spotted Jays and Magpies squabbling, Buzzards around the hill and I also hear