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Mountain Hares
Presenter Sarah Pitt takes us all into the Peak country of the midlands to search for one of the great relics of the ice age. The Mountain Hare, sometimes called the Arctic or Blue Hare, is a native of Scotland but to most people's surprise 10,000 live in the midlands. Nestled into the hills and as white as white during the winter these animals are very at home straddling the Pennine Way.
Sarah Pitt is led by zoologist Derek Yalden deep into the Dark Peak to find these animals, and much to his surprise is given a special device by Sarah to enable him to see the hares at night, something he's never done before. So a double surprise. Hares by day and hares by night. It certainly seems from Sarah and Derek's encounter that the night time is the right time for Mountain Hares. | | |
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