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Image Taken on 16 Jan 2020 at 19:28    Image of day on 14 Feb 2020

This Fox walking along the edge of Round Pond appears to have a young Rabbit in their mouth.


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Image Taken on 25 Jan 2021 at 07:36    Image of day on 24 Feb 2021

A Fox passes by the Duck-shaped Pond (on the right) checking the snow for something to eat.


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Image Taken on 28 Mar 2021 at 00:51    Image of day on 19 Apr 2021

In the hour after midnight this Mallard duck pair float safely on the water as the Fox passes by on the nightly rounds. We are sure he know that the ducks are there, and that he stands no chance of catching one at the moment.


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Image Taken on 14 Jan 2022 at 08:03    Image of day on 14 Feb 2022

A fox walking quietly across the bottom of the mound on the last trip of the night.


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Image Taken on 01 Dec 2021 at 02:13    Image of day on 08 Jan 2022

Looking suspiciously smug and 'licking his chops', we wonder whether this fox has just finished eating one of the other inhabitants!


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Image Taken on 25 Mar 2013 at 01:36    Image of day on 01 May 2013

One of our at least 2 fox visitors probably enjoying the smell of 'mouse' as it looks for a 1:30 a.m. feed ('lunch' for a fox?)


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Image Taken on 28 Jul 2021 at 05:49    Image of day on 05 Sep 2021

2 days later, shortly after sunrise, possibly the same fox meanders past the camera. The way the mix of IR and daylight catches the eyes produces some interesting effects


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Image Taken on 18 Mar 2023 at 05:58    Image of day on 25 Apr 2023

This Fox walks along the edge of Round pond as the pair of Mallard Ducks keep their distance on the water.
The gap between predator and prey is rather bigger than it look from this angle.


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Image Taken on 10 Feb 2022 at 23:10    Image of day on 15 Mar 2022

In the hour before midnight, this Fox walks along the edge of Round Pond before stopping for a drink.


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Image Taken on 11 Apr 2022 at 21:47    Image of day on 14 May 2022

One of currently visiting Foxes seems to like sitting down on the grass at the front of Round Pond


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Image Taken on 23 Nov 2022 at 04:48    Image of day on 18 Dec 2022

The leaky Round Pond has filled from ground water and is now half a metre deep at some points. We suspect that this Fox is going down for a drink.


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Image Taken on 18 Nov 2023 at 23:24    Image of day on 29 Dec 2023

Quite close to Midnight this Fox walks past the Duck Pond


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Image Taken on 04 Nov 2023 at 13:24    Image of day on 13 Dec 2023

We have been experimenting with changing the viewpoint of this trail-cam at Duck Pond, and were pleased to get this passing moment of a Fox walking by in the early afternoon.


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Image Taken on 07 Apr 2023 at 19:57    Image of day on 18 May 2023

The same day (next night) as we see the Fox with a Pigeon near the east hedge gap, a Fox here carries what looks like a Rabbit past Duck Pond - probably also making for an exit to the east. There are 3 such, only the 'busiest' has a camera.
We judge 'busiest' by the depth of the track in the grass outside worn by the endless feet.


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Image Taken on 26 Apr 2022 at 19:44    Image of day on 01 Jun 2022

Next day this very obviously 'Red' Fox walks up to the Duck Pond, and spends at least a minute sitting, we are sure not really admiring the Daffodils!


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Image Taken on 02 Aug 2019 at 20:01    Image of day on 24 Sep 2019

A real surprise was seeing this Reeve's Muntjac Deer (lower left) actually walk up to a couple of metres from a Fox, who studiously ignores it. Although the end of the day, at 8 p.m. there is enough light to see each other, so it's not an 'accident'.


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Image Taken on 15 Jan 2022 at 17:01    Image of day on 14 Feb 2022

More usually we see a Fox on the mound an hour after dark. This individual seems to check under the bottom slab every night. It used to be the primary entrance to the Rabbit warren in the mound, but is now blocked with leaves. The main entrance is now at one end of the mound, but perhaps the smell of 'Rabbit' still drifts from the hole.


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Image Taken on 30 Jul 2012 at 20:04    Image of day on 03 Sep 2012

One of our foxes longing for a tasty duck as she swims quietly away!


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Image Taken on 21 Apr 2022 at 02:46    Image of day on 14 May 2022

Is the Fox salivating at the thought of a nice bite of Duck?
Click Leap and collect?


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Image Taken on 24 Dec 2020 at 22:23    Image of day on 28 Jan 2021

In the dark of the night this Fox is caught gazing wistfully upwards. He could be looking at many things, but this is one of the Rook's favourite roosts.


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