Brown hares are herbivores and eat grass, root vegetables and crops. They can be found in farm and grassland habitats in the wider countryside. They do not have burrows, instead having forms (shallow depressions in long grass/crops) They are more active at night, spending the day on their forms.
Being
herbivores, brown hares produce lots of droppings. They are yellow-brown
or green in colour and are 'cough-sweet' shaped, small and circular, with
a flattened top. They are larger than rabbit droppings and are 15-20mm in diameter.
The coarse vegetation material eaten is clearly seen.