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New visitor to my garden!

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foxie48 Tue 29-Apr-25 18:21:01

I am used to my plants and veg getting eaten by the various wild animals who visit. I was a bit annoyed that some of my lovely tulips were eaten and didn't flower well blaming the muntjac, who are increasing in numbers and I often see in the garden. However, I think the culprit might be the young hare I saw a few minutes ago, all legs and so different to the rabbits that live close by. I often see hares in the fields around me when walking the dog but never in the garden. TBH he put a smile on my face and he's a welcome visitor. There's something so special about hares!

Magenta8 Tue 29-Apr-25 18:27:13

Have you read 'Raising Hare' by Chloe Dalton?

Carlotta Tue 29-Apr-25 18:27:46

Hares are the most fabulously beautiful animals aren't they! I'm always ridiculously happy when I see one.

This week, I found a series of small hillock in my garden; about 2 inches across and about 1 inch high. Every one of them has a perfectly symmetrical hole in the top; a bit like a tiny volcano. As I stood looking at them, a bee wriggled up from inside and flew off. Apparently they're Solitary Miner bees, don't sting but are excellent pollinators. Their nest is wonderful to see.

petra Tue 29-Apr-25 18:33:57

Magenta
I listened to the author reading from her book.
It’s absolutely wonderful 🥰

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00268yv

Squiffy Tue 29-Apr-25 18:55:38

Carlotta, your story has reminded me of the time a friend’s son set up camp for him and his children in their back garden. In the middle of the night they were very rudely awoken by the VERY angry buzzing of several miner bees, who had nested underneath! The bees won and the campers evacuated the tent and went indoors!

foxie48 Tue 29-Apr-25 19:12:50

Magenta8 I listened to it, I think when I was recovering from the riding accident I had last year. It's a really beautiful and uplifting story. I was so delighted that the hare came back to have her young!
Politics and the news generally is so depressing ATM but the world outside my window helps to keep me sane!

Georgesgran Tue 29-Apr-25 19:13:45

I adore hares. DH bought me a chain saw cut wooden one, which I keep in my porch.
I once watched a Vet programme, where someone brought a tame hare into the surgery. It was called Heather and all the staff came to see it, as they’d never seen one up close.
I’ve a couple of moon-watching hare ornaments in my garden and a pair of metal ones which appear to be ‘boxing’.

Allira Tue 29-Apr-25 20:00:37

I've just posted on another thread that I think squirrels have eaten my tulip bulbs.

Do you have squirrels? We don't have muntjacs or hares here.

I've only seen hares once, years ago when we were camping. 🙂
There are deer around here but they haven't invaded our gardens yet.

25Avalon Tue 29-Apr-25 22:09:36

I agree Allira squirrels will eat tulip bulbs. A landscape gardener told me she planted 1000 tulip bulbs only to have most of them eaten by squirrels. I don’t think they actually eat the greenery. Deer definitely will though. Not sure about a hares.

dragonfly46 Tue 29-Apr-25 22:19:04

We have a badger that eats the bulbs from the pots.

Carlotta Wed 30-Apr-25 00:12:37

I had a family of badgers that broke into my garden last summer. They clawed their way in through a fence, dug and uprooted a whole bed of vegetables, broke into the greenhouse, demolishing the shelving in the process and broke all the tomato and cucumber plants, knocked over the box of fat balls for the birds, ate the lot and then broke the garden gate by clawing their way out. And before they departed they pooed pretty much everywhere the stench was unbelievable