Hares

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Hare

Albrecht Dürer - Junger Hase (Young Hare), 1502 print

Everybody knows the story of the tortoise and the hare, and the character of the March Hare in Alice in Wonderland.

Perhaps the reason the hare has featured in literature is because it is such a fascinating animal. I have been luck enough to see them on a visit to the RHS Hyde Hall garden in Essex, and wish they were easier to find!

Snowshoe Hares in North America

Links to useful information on Snowshoe Hares
Environmental Education for Kids
Fun information on snowshoe hares for kids
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Profile of snowshoe hares
Hinterland Who's Who
Excellent page of information on showshoe hares. Includes distribution map.

Vote for your favourite hare photo on Flickr

Winter hare

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Brown Hare

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Hares on Amazon

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Hares in the UK

Some useful links about hares in the UK, and where to find them.
National Trust
Where you might see hares on National Trust properties
Times article
Inspiring Times article on hares - well worth a read!
BBC
BBC page all about hares
Devon hares
Article about brown hares in Devon

Hares on eBay

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Hare Blogs from Google

The End of The Elementary School Era
Big Nut Brown Hare and Little Nut Brown Hare get into a competition about who loves who more. It's clear that Little Nut Brown Hare thinks he's won at the end, when he tells Big Nut Brown Hare that he loves him all the way to the moon.
BRIAN CARTER: Spring and summer sounds
Our abuse of urban fringe countryside can't be excused or ignored without serious consequences for our species. Life is the thing, from the meadowsweet, wild rose and bluebell, to the fox cub, brown hare and the skylark rising and falling on its song.
Nature-friendly farming could open up new markets
THE North West Brown Hare Project is linking up with Conservation Grade to promote nature- friendly farming in the North West and open up new grain markets for the region's growers. Allied Mills and Jordans, working with Frontier, are looking to source ...

Arctic Hares

A selection of arctic hare gifts. Arctic hares can be found in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Scotland.
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Nutbrown Hare

Guess How Much I Love You

Amazon Price: $8.11 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

A touching and beautiful book for young children and their parents, featuring nutbrown hare.

Hares on Bell Pottery - Ebay

Bell Pottery produced some wonderful pieces with hare designs. These occasionally come up on Ebay - well worth a look!
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The Winter Hare 

Winter Hare (Wildlife Art Series)

Amazon Price: (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

A beautifully illustrated book about a hare.