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| Simon with Mo Charaid |
Monday 6th February.
Simon out with Gary Hodgson Photography On his 2nd day of wildlife photography. Today it was with the adorable Mountain Hares.
We saw at least 4 different hares in the morning but they were a bit twitchy. One wonderful character looked like an older hare who was starting to morph into late winter pelage. I've not seen this guy bebefore.
After lunch we were about to pack up when I spotted my wonderful hare who I photographed all last winter. I've not seen Mo Charaid since last April. How wonderful! Last year when Simon was out with me we photographed him, so it was brilliant for both of us to see my old friend again. We spent over 2 hrs with him this afternoon. Sheer delight.
Earlier in the day a selfish, ignorant dogwalker and his mutt came bounding over and scared a hare off. This isn't the first time either. These people need educating and need to be aware that these hills are home to our precious wildlife, not some playground for out of control dogs. Mountain Hares are now a protected species. These selfish people can and will be fined.
Thankfully the mountain hare ran the legs off the mutt. Our hares are the fasted mammal.
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| Photographer & hare |
We told the dog owner to get it on a lead. The gormless guy didn't have a clue, he was so far away from his dog..he walked off one hand on the lead, one hand on his mobile phone, presumably because he couldn't navigate. I hope he ended up lost is some bog.
Rant over.
A top day and top company.
Priceless moments.
Hares later :)
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