In the Annette Ducharme song "Moral", she references the March Hare singing: "But you're frantic like the March Hare running round". This National Trust property is home to a thriving population of brown hares. On the edge of the Peak District, nestling within sweeping moorland, Lyme Park is a magnificent estate, and was used as the location for Mr Darcy's glorious Pemberley home in the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice. nationaltrust.org.uk/lyme RSPB Havergate Island, Suffolk One of the hares on Havergate Island, blending in beautifully with his surroundings/Credit: Getty This beautiful island lying off the coast of Country Antrim is teeming with wildlife: dolphins, porpoises, puffins and razorbills all thrive here. It is also a great place to spot the Irish hare, which has shorter ears and its tail is all white, not just the under-side as with the brown hare.

Alice in Wonderland: Alice • Mad Hatter • March Hare • Dormouse • White Rabbit • Cheshire Cat • Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee • Queen of Hearts • King of Hearts • Caterpillar • Dinah • OystersThe venue has plenty of space for us to add our Madhare flair,as well as all the seating and toilets we could wish for! The museum will be closed to the public during the event (so we have the place to ourselves) but that doesn't mean there won't be some classic buses and vehicles on show and even a miniature railway! Ultimate Spider-Man: Spider-Man • Venom • Green Goblin • Miles Morales • Lizard • Rhino • Doctor Octopus • Iron Spider • Spider-Gwen • Kraven the Hunter • Hobgoblin A long-held view is that the hare will behave strangely and excitedly throughout its breeding season, which in Europe peaks in the month of March. This odd behaviour includes boxing at other hares, jumping vertically for seemingly no reason and generally displaying abnormal behaviour. [3] An early verbal record of this animal's strange behaviour occurred in about 1500, in the poem Blowbol's Test [4] where the original poet said: We return for a second time to the Transport Museum Wythall - a local attraction and charity that brings the history of transport to life for families and enthusiasts to enjoy.

The animal most commonly associated with the month of March is surely the ‘Mad March Hare’. It’s the time of year when these rare creatures become more visible, and seem oddly restless and agitated. It’s even possible to witness the extraordinary sight of a pair of hares involved in what looks like a boxing match, standing on their hind legs, swiping at each other with their front paws, sometimes until the fur flies – literally. It’s this strange spring behaviour that has led to the centuries-old expression ‘mad as a March hare’ – which is often applied to anyone, human or animal, who behaves in a wild and unpredictable way. What Causes Hares’ March Madness?

Most surprising of all however, is that these displays of organised violence are not between chauvinistic groups of male would-be suitors pressing their advantage for a potential mate, but in fact between the males and females themselves, sizing each other up as the perfect couple. The hares who spar together, stay together, so it seems. Tangled: Rapunzel • Pascal • Flynn Rider • Maximus • Tiara Rapunzel • Mother Gothel • Wedding Maximus • Baby Rapunzel Villains: Xehanort • Ansem • Xemnas • Maleficent • Pete • Vanitas • Xigbar/Braig • Xaldin • Vexen • Lexaeus • Zexion • Saïx/Isa • Demyx • Luxord • Marluxia • Larxene • Terra-Xehanort • Young Xehanort • Xehanort's Guardian March is the traditional month associated with this behaviour but…. You’re just as likely to see it anytime between December and April. Why do they need this sword so badly? Teapots are far more efficient." - Alice in Wonderland for the Wii

The Broads National Park is a national hare hotspot and with Easter so early this year there has never been a more relevant time to think about the origins of the Easter Bunny and the eponymous mad March hare. Here are a few amazing myths and legends which surround this magical creature and the top places in the national park to spot one. The Easter Bunny: Even though they look similar, Hares are larger, have longer ears and longer rear legs than rabbits! have long been seen to behave excitedly in March, which is their mating season. Lewis Carroll is among many who have alluded to this behaviour in stories The March Hare will be much the most interesting, and perhaps as this is May it won't be raving mad – at least not so mad as it was in March." [1] Group One (Miranda Wright): " Trains, Toons and Toon Trains" • " Tokyo Bonkers" • " The Stork Exchange" • " Bobcat Fever" • " The Toon That Ate Hollywood" • " When the Spirit Moves You" • " Fistful of Anvils" • " What You Read is What You Get" • " Toon for a Day" Sleeping Beauty: Aurora • Prince Phillip • Maleficent • Flora • Fauna • Merryweather • Winter Aurora • Dragon Maleficent • Briar Rose • Peridot Maleficent

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Out and about this month? See what's out there in our feature on the best of the British countryside in March, our March foraging guide: best foods to find and recipe ideas and the first signs of spring. Why do hares box? The Little Mermaid: Ariel • Flounder • Sebastian • Ursula • King Triton • Prince Eric • Wedding Ariel • Vanessa • Flotsam • Amethyst Ursula • Ruby Ariel