Natural England are supporting the 2010 international year of biodiversity by highlighting key species which they believe actions taken this year could result in the survival and extinction of the species.

This weeks featured species is the brown hare, which surveys have shown to be in decline over recent decades. The brown hare can be found all over the UK but is more common in Eastern and Southern England than it is in the North or North west.

Natural England’s website

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/biodiversity/biodiversityislife/default.aspx

Arkive website

http://www.arkive.org/brown-hare/lepus-europaeus/info.html