The Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is a sea bird which lives on the sub-arctic shores of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans being found in Iceland, Great Britain, Brittany, the western coast of Norway, Greenland during the breeding season, the rest of its time being spent at sea. The Fulmar is predominantly whitish in colour with pale brown wings and tail above and is about 47 cm in length. The nest is built on rocky sea islands or coastal cliffs and one or sometimes two eggs are laid which are incubated by both parents taking turns for the fifty-two day incubation cycle The young leave the nest able to fly after about fifty days and reach maturity at seven years. Research Fulmar
Glacier crowfoot (Ranunculusglacialis) is a nearly hairless perennial European plant, with prostrate or ascending, simple or branched stems. The basal leaves are fleshy, three-lobed, each lobe being stalked and further divided into rectangular or elliptical lobes. The stem leaves are similar but smaller and stalkless. The flowers have five sepals covered in red-brown hairs, and five white petals. Research Glacier Crowfoot
The hare (Lepus) is a genus of rodent quadrupeds similar to the rabbit, with long ears, long hind legs, a short tail, soft hair and a divided upper lip. The two fore-feet have five and the hinder four toes. They run by a kind of leaping pace. The young hare is called a leveret and are born in litters of between three and six leverets up to four times a year. The young leverets have their eyes open at birth.
The common hare (Lepus timidus) is found throughout Europe and some parts of Asia. It is tawny red on the back and white on the belly, and is about 60 cm long. The mountain hare or varying hare (Lepus variabilis), confined to Northern Europe and the mountainous regions of the south, is smaller than the common hare, and becomes white in winter. The former Lepus cuniculus, now, Oryctolagus cuniculus, is the rabbit, properly so called, distinguished by its smaller size and burrowing habits. The American hare (Lepus Americanus), not much larger than a rabbit, is found in most parts of North America. In North America there are also the polar hare (Lepus glacialis), a variety of the varying hare (Lepus variabilis), but of superior size and purer colour; and the prairie hare (Lepus campestris), one of the species known as jackass hares or Jack-rabbits, from their size and length of limb.
The hare is protected from its enemies mainly by the acuteness of its sight and hearing and its extraordinary swiftness of foot. Its voice is never heard except when seized or wounded, when it utters a sharp loud cry, not very unlike that of a child. Its flesh is rather dry, but is much prized for its peculiar flavour. Research Hare
The hareld (Harelda glacialis) is the long-tailed duck, an oceanic duck with a short thick bill, a high forehead and two very long feathers in the tail of the male. It inhabits the northern seas and is often found around Orkney and Shetland. Research Hareld
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