Land/Water Wildlife

Thank you M
well they didn't go to waste

 

GAWJUS shots @Sheal @strongylodon @martin-f @Kandy
Mind you .... for one minute when i saw the lambkin piccys it did look like in answer to her question Kandy was suggesting feeding the baby lambs ....to Mr. Fox ....silly me BEE

 

Beautiful fox @martin-f and you are so lucky to have them visit as well as getting some fantastic photos of them which is all for the good

I was thinking more of feeding the foxes on perhaps tins of chunky dog meat as opposed to pouches or get some cheap raw meat from the supermarket cheapie shelves rather than feeding them on buns which might not be too good for their tummies

No @BeeHappy it didn’t cross my mind at all to feed the lambkins to the foxes although I expect they might be offered the afterbirth from when the lambs give birth either inside on the farms or outside in the fields,as after all the farmers must do something with them especially if they perhaps have nearly 1,000 sheep giving birth over the weeks

 

Thank you Kandy, if it wasn't for cctv i would never know there was there,

Nothing wrong with feeding them buns bread bird food etc urban foxes have the ability to adapt and survive on whatever is on offer around them, the ones that live in towns will be feeding on kebabs McDonald and anything else that's left,

At my old house i observed them feeding for years, our window over looked a park and a lady fed them every night along with hedgehogs and Ferrel cats, the cats ruled the pecking order.

 

One tip worth noting Kandy if you want to photo them, i installed a high powered 400 watt security light at low level under a window where i wanted to photo them, the food is placed in front of the light, the light not only alerts you somethings there the fox hedgehog cat they cant see you in the window as the lights too bright,
I was waving at them tonight and they couldn't see me, when summer comes i will be able to open a window and get some crisper shots .

Ive grabbed more pictures tonight i will post them up later if any turn out ok.

 

Same fox as Friday you can see the cut in his ear.

 

He's smiling at you in that last picture!

 

I got 93 shots of him last night, i had to tap on the window for him to get his head up.

 

He's looking well fed @martin-f must be your neighbours buns ... have you asked them for more? Maybe you should nickname that fox "Oliver"

 

There's a lady in London that gets her fox to sit before she gives him a sausage

 

My friend, who died last October, "trained" a fox cub that she hand-reared. Charlie would happily sit for tid-bits. She had to release him when he became a teenager though ... he became too snappish.

 

, i need to sex he/she M when there fully grown its easy the dog fox is a fair bit bigger, now i did see he/she cock a leg up but unsure if the vixen does i need to google to find out.

 

I think vixens squat

 

Oliver he is then .

 

He's very distinctive with his ear! I won't encourage him, I'm sure my girls wouldn't like it but, it is wonderful seeing him through your cameras eye, so, thank you for posting those shots