[pgkevet]

We've seen one or two hares in years past but this year has been exceptional. It's difficcult to know true numbers 'cos one can;t be sure it isnlt the same hare in a different field but I came across  group of three adults together in a corner of Home field at the same time as a youngster was in the garden.
Yesterday there were 3 (perhaps4) leverets in last year's veggie patch along with an adult and there was an adult by the grape vines at the same time.
I suspect that the leveret I;ve seen behind the hay store is seperate to these and possibly the leveret seen up by middle field top gate.
I'm not sure about the adult sen in far field or the adult flushed in oaktree field - let's face it these things move far and fast.
We've had one come within 20 paces of the conservatory doors and during 'the madness' had one runnig round and round the house early morning.

I'm glad to say only one rabbit seen.

[Womble]

Yup. I definitely have more little grey hares this year than last too  .

[DavidandCollette]

I definitely have fewer grey hairs this year :roflanim:I

[Victorian Farmer]

I love them to bits I won't let eney think hurt them .When lambing I leave food for them .

[lord flynn]

one of my favourite UK animals, glad to say we have plenty around here 

[DavidandCollette]

Actually I am quite jealous. Every year I look for the Mad March hare but still haven't seen one. I have seen quite a few around but never seen that spectacle

[honeyend]

I am really lucky there are a lot around us. Today I went into my grass field and there were four young ones playing, they normally scoot off because I have dogs but the dogs were at the house so they stood and looked at me before running down the ditch.
  I live not that far from a RSPB site, so we have marsh harriers, buzzards, barn owl but the most surprising  has been watching a kestrel hunting from my fence daily and catching they them mating before flying off, I can sit and watch them from my sofa.
  A couple of months ago a heron flew over with a rat in its mouth, I could see its tail dandling, I couldn't understand how it could catch a rat, then I saw a buzzard taking off the opposite way, so I think it had mugged the buzzard.

[BenBhoy]

I am really lucky there are a lot around us. Today I went into my grass field and there were four young ones playing, they normally scoot off because I have dogs but the dogs were at the house so they stood and looked at me before running down the ditch.
  I live not that far from a RSPB site, so we have marsh harriers, buzzards, barn owl but the most surprising  has been watching a kestrel hunting from my fence daily and catching they them mating before flying off, I can sit and watch them from my sofa.
  A couple of months ago a heron flew over with a rat in its mouth, I could see its tail dandling, I couldn't understand how it could catch a rat, then I saw a buzzard taking off the opposite way, so I think it had mugged the buzzard.

I'd imagine a rat would be easy picking for a heron as rats favour wetlands so much.

[waterbuffalofarmer]

Well you know what they say where hares are rabbits are not, and the other way round too. Hares and rabbits dont get along, I have rabbits here but no hares. However I have seen a hare once about 20 miles away.

[Marches Farmer]

More hares around here than usual this year.  I hope the rabbits vs hare thing is true because this is the time of year I generally have to dispatch rabbits with myxy.

[waterbuffalofarmer]

Apparently when you see hares boxing in the spring it is in fact a male and a female, the female testing the males strength. I think it is true, I was reading a book which a fellow farmer wrote( who had scientific knowledge ) and he wrote that hares and rabbits hate each other and they cannot live together.

[BenBhoy]

Well you know what they say where hares are rabbits are not, and the other way round too. Hares and rabbits dont get along, I have rabbits here but no hares. However I have seen a hare once about 20 miles away.

Where my lurchers are rabbits are not!
...or hares
....or foxes

[pgkevet]

Well you know what they say where hares are rabbits are not, and the other way round too. Hares and rabbits dont get along, I have rabbits here but no hares. However I have seen a hare once about 20 miles away.

Thats odd 'cos i have both. More hares than rabbits but Hewey, Dewy and Louie live through the ditch fence by the far pond and the hares mostly in home field and the other end of the garden - and eating my cabbage.

[oor wullie]

Well you know what they say where hares are rabbits are not, and the other way round too. Hares and rabbits dont get along, I have rabbits here but no hares. However I have seen a hare once about 20 miles away.

Here we have rabbits and blue hares together.  The rabbits live in the field and the hares on the hill behind but the hares come down into our fields to eat my newly planted trees and grass.

[Carse Goodlifers]

Its one part of my job that I love, is seeing all the wildlife.  Plenty hares up in Tayside this year. 
However, folks should be vigilant for hare coursing. 
There was some near Longforgan earlier this year and there was also some guys who got caught last year near Glendoick.  I'm always keeping my eyes peeled and especially since harvest has started on the farms and second cut silage is getting underway.