No doubt the imminent arrival of our second son, hopefully over the next few days, has softened my outlook on this species. Yes they’re non-native, indeed a highly invasive species and as such extremely problematic to our ecosystem, but for the past couple of weeks this little rabbit and its siblings have been a great source of amusement.
Each morning they’re up bright and early, well, before us anyway, and mostly engaged in one of a number of different variations on the general theme of dashing from one part of the front garden to another, whilst showing a naive disregard for any kind of safety protocol.
Earlier in the week Joe and I managed to creep to within three feet of one of them as it blissfully nibbled the lawn. Bearing in mind the average silent sneaking skills of a toddler, you’ll see why I question these young rabbits absolute dedication to their own health and safety.
The fact that there were six playmates a fortnight ago and only three now, would appear to bear out my concerns.
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We’ve had 3 batches of the very same little critters. Batch #1 we believe was Polecat fodder, batch #2 then gave birth to batch #3 as they can produce babies when they are but babies themselves … apparently! Hours of entertainment watching the dear little buggers, especially if you happen to be Whitby!
Polecats! Methinks my cameratrap needs an outing!
I thought I’d commented already here! Rabbits are very cute but not too bright, there’s a wonderful Scots word that sums them up ‘dippit’ which means a bit daft. I hope at least some of these youngsters survive to adulthood