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Image Taken on 10 Dec 2024 at 01:06    Image of day on 18 Jan 2025

14 minutes onward sees what looks like the same Fox arriving at the Round Mound some 80 metres away.


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Image of day on 16 Aug 2005

The rabbit control officer on duty.


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Image of day on 19 Aug 2005

This young fox visited one feeding site, then the other, and back to the first over the course of half an hour just after full darkness. This was the last image of the three. Lots of fruit peelings that night - foxes like fruit.


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Image of day on 23 Aug 2005

One or more young foxes continue to visit.


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Image of day on 13 Jul 2005

Magnificently coloured fox on the prowl.


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Image of day on 29 Jul 2005

This fox photographed the same night the moorhen appeared together at the same sight which we would expect to mean the nest had been wrecked. But they still seem to be taking turns on an out-of-site nest - probably the pair were from the other pond (which are not nesting again).


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Image of day on 16 Mar 2005

Hungry fox on the hunt.


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Image of day on 20 May 2005

First siting of a fox for a couple of months apart from just a tail a few days ago. This scruffy individual is out early (about 6 p.m.) so is probably a hard pressed parent disappointed that there is only corn at the feeding site this evening.


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Image of day on 20 Nov 2005

A fox drawn to the smell of apple at a feeding site.


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Image of day on 25 Sep 2005

One of the photo-kits is in for repair and refurbishment at the moment, so we were pleased to get this fox on the kit near the house where we often only get the tail!


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Image Taken on 02 Jul 2018 at 05:10    Image of day on 23 Aug 2018

90 minutes after the Tawny owl came down for a brief look, this pristine fox came and collected his prize to consume somewhere less exposed to daytime 'robbers' - judging from the eyes not quite fully dilated, the daylight was already starting.


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Image Taken on 10 Jan 2023 at 04:19    Image of day on 01 Feb 2023

The ditch at the SW corner is now partly flooded - it seems from other blurred messes of photos that the Fox simply jumps over it rather than getting his paws and lower legs wet with the cold and muddy water.


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Image Taken on 26 Jun 2023 at 00:36    Image of day on 20 Aug 2023

Three days later the same or another adult Fox inspects the leavings at the hedge bottom site.


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Image Taken on 04 May 2023 at 05:52    Image of day on 14 Jun 2023

A couple of nights later sees Mum or Dad Fox homeward bound with breakfast in the mouth. Just 4 minutes later we see one of the cubs most likely carrying the same prey item into the Fox hole.


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Image Taken on 28 May 2023 at 10:15    Image of day on 24 Jul 2023

A glimpse of a brown shape at the back of the pond induces a stampede to an upper floor window to see this adult fox stalking the back margin of the pond. We didn't see him catch anything, but he was out of sight before and after these moments, so may have.
A new Fox family with obviously younger cubs has been glimpsed around the sites - this adult may be from either family.


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Image Taken on 12 Jun 2023 at 20:53    Image of day on 04 Aug 2023

A new Trail Cam at the back of the main pond catches this Fox on the hunt as darkness descends


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Image Taken on 01 Sep 2024 at 02:27    Image of day on 16 Oct 2024

What's that?


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Image Taken on 29 Aug 2025 at 20:50    Image of day on 22 Oct 2025

The Bushy-tailed Fox is already in stealth mode just a metre from the ditch.


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Image Taken on 10 Mar 2023 at 21:31    Image of day on 13 Apr 2023

A Fox vs. Badger confrontation.
The Fox is already crouched (bottom left) before the badger becomes more than a pair of reflecting eyes. As the Badger emerges from behind the tree they too stop and we have a face-off. Adult Fox - Badger conflicts normally end up the worse for the Fox. This is the last we see of the encounter - we hope they avoided a needless fight.


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Image Taken on 20 Jun 2024 at 10:35    Image of day on 20 Jul 2024

On a different scale Fox and Cubs make splashes of colour just a few centimetres across around the south and west of the house..


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