Sorry, couldn’t resist it. 

While I was back taking more photos of hares, I managed to get a photo of another of our skittish creatures very close up.  The red-legged partridge. Lovely birds of the open grassland.  mostly seen at a distance and / or scuttling away from you.  I understand these birds were introduced for hunting (like the pheasant).  I understand that these birds are still bred and released annually (like pheasants) but are considered introduced residents because they also bred in the wild.  

Gear, exactly as per the hares, which I’d been photograph just a minute before.