10 years surveys of mountain hares in England. 2017 – 2026: 1200+ km straight line transects. 3300+ records. Supported by Hare Preservation Trust @ptes-org.bsky.social and Kind People. Last report 58% decline www.researchgate.net/publication/... 2025-26 decline. Surveys resume 2027

Some recent Easter bunnies to enjoy. Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) from the Peak District, England

I got a citation! Our painful research conducted during freezing “Beast from the East” deep-snow winter on Holme Moss, Yorkshire www.researchgate.net/publication/... Cited by world mountain hare expert Carl-Gustaf Thulin - an honour! www.researchgate.net/publication/...

New paper! How food source locations drive species distributions. In 2019 I was fortunate to work Flower Creek, Cabinets, Montana. I admit I ate too much of the focus of these vegetation surveys: huckleberries. But I left plenty for the grizzlies ... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Mountain hare surveys, Peak District, England. Now in tenth year! Last report showed 80% population decline 2017-2024. See here. www.researchgate.net/publication/... Surveys 2025 showed continuing drop. Will it continue? Stay tuned. @ptes-org.bsky.social

Connectivity mapping with Circuitscape? Faithful representation of data + innovative colour scheme accentuates species connectivity value areas. Poster here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... Underlying research paper link here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

New paper! Possibly (one of) the first ever portrayals of circuit theory species connectivity, stacked for multi-species, over three climate change scenarios. doi.org/10.1002/ece3... Written by moi with some amazing friends @chrissuthy.bsky.social

Peak District mountain hares on BBC Springwatch 2025 Episode 9 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... great photos & a very cool model montage of mountain hare and brown hare competition. Impressive interpretation of peer reviewed research, authored by moi.

hare whisperin, Scottish Borders

New paper! Statistically significant decline of mountain hares Peak District, UK Population cyclicity or nearing extinction? Are they disappearing? dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Happy National #mountainhare Day !!! yes we still care about these things... don't we ... ?

We've now got the green light to revamp this booklet and we're looking for volunteers to write/peer review sections. Express your interest here: forms.gle/ZYFLPaC3k2RF.... We want to feature diverse ECR writers from across the world. Women of colour are especially encouraged!

Welcome Blue Sky Resuming business 16/1/2025 scorchio weather Peak District UK Commencing 9th yr systematic surveys mountain hares. 15km later, sightings = 0

Data Science folk ! Pls seek advice computer processing Using 16GB RAM AMD Ryzen 7 5700u 1801 Mhz 8 Cores 16 Logic Proc Processing 2 x 300mb files RStudio & Julia - 5-8hrs Often insufficient memory, crashes..... Please recommendations? Thank you. :-) It's my own £ for new one, please not too ££