The Private Life of the Hare In this celebration of rural

In this celebration of rural heritage and ecological restoration

until the call of independence pushed him into his own workshop and ever-larger

the bloom of bluebells in shaded woods

The result a uniquely personal view of an island race and a people with a deep affinity for water

Being able to identify a handful of garden bird songs is a skill that will stay with you for the rest of your life

The Private Life of the Hare In this celebration of rural"To see a hare sit still as stone, to watch a hare boxing on a frosty March morning, to witness a hare bolt . . . these are great things. Every field should have a hare." Elusive, swift and largely unseen, the hare is a creature more often encountered in folklore than in everyday life. A night roamer of field and hedgerow, it has inspired centuries of myth: shape shifter, witchs familiar, symbol of fertility, and trickster of fable, from Aesops