Hares and a dawn chorus
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| 12:12 UK time, Monday, 21 April 2008
Some of the behind-the-scenes filming I shot to support a forthcoming nature programme - showing how fast hares can run have just been uploaded on our new-look Wales Nature portal.
There are two films to watch; producer Steve Freer explains more about the filming process and presenter Iolo Williams talks about a leveret (a baby hare) we spotted in the fields off , in the shadow of the sprawling .
It was a fascinating day and Steve explains more in the Nature Diary. We must have walked miles around the fields - and lugging our kit - and it was getting harder to find the hares who, by now, were on to us.
Meanwhile, on the theme of nature, listen to the dawn chorus at which has been recorded by leading recordist for a new ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖproject, Tune into the Dawn Chorus.
Funny, but you don't always get to appreciate those sounds when you're thundering down one of the .
