5523 x 3796 px | 46,8 x 32,1 cm | 18,4 x 12,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2008
Ort:
Perthshire Scotland UK
Weitere Informationen:
The brown hare is a common and conspicuous farmland species in Britain, probably introduced by the Romans in ancient times. It is widespread, but is absent from the north-west and western Highlands, where is it replaced by the mountain hare (Lepus timidus). The brown hare is present in Northern Ireland as a relatively recent introduction, where it competes with the indigenous mountain hare. Because of this, further action to support the population in Northern Ireland is discouraged, and this action plan is relevant only to the British mainland. Formerly considered abundant, the brown hare appears to have undergone a substantial decline in numbers since the early 1960s, with population estimates now varying between 817, 500 and 1, 250, 000. Information from shooting estates suggests that hare numbers have remained stable for the past ten years, although other evidence of this is unclear. Similar patterns of population change appear to have occurred throughout much of Europe. XMM 6366
