Rabbits are burrowing animals living in tunnels excavated in hedge banks, under thickets of hawthorn and bramble and in similar locations. They mainly emerge from their burrows at night to feed on plants. Each rabbit eats about 500 g (1 lb) of green matter each day, so large colonies have a marked effect on vegetation near their warrens. Each female produces between two and four litters a year, mostly between January and June,and each litter contains from three to six young rabbits. They mature and start to breed within a year, which is why populations increase so rapidly. This high reproductive potential may be checked by predators, such as foxes and weasels, and more recently by buzzards, which seem to prefer rabbits to anything else. Future prospects, without another outbreak of myxomatosis , will see very little preventing rabbits continuing to build up their number - but let's hope it doesn't reach 100 million again!

All landowners have a duty under the Pests Act 1954 Control of rabbits, from the images here you can see why....