Pete Walkden<p>Sitting Pretty.</p><p>A tiny mountain hare leveret sitting bolt upright, ears raised to listen to every unusual sound it hears. It pays to be ultra cautious when you're this small.</p><p>I photographed this gorgeous little character for over an hour on a summer's day, on a hillside in the Scottish Highlands. </p><p>Brown when growing up, but white in time for the winter. Incredible creatures.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MountainHare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountainHare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/leveret" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leveret</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHighlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishHighlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WildlifePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a></p>