Tag: Foxy

Every week it seems that I have something a little more in our nature reserve/garden to make me go wow! Yesterday was no different, I woke up and opened the curtains. The sun was shining, which it hasn’t done in a while. As I pulled back the curtains, I actually couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I grabbed my ickle camera and shot this. It’s a bit shaky in parts but hell, I’ve never seen five foxes together before.

I’m starting to feel like a wildlife documentary maker but I really can’t believe that all this is happening in our back yard. Yes, our garden is an overgrown heap and we call it the Nature Reserve. You’ll even find it on foursquare if you look.

Today, Foxy brought a little buddy, I was making brunch and everytime a noise was made, they would look up, the microwave pinged and Foxy looked straight at me in the kitchen. I’ve come to the conclusion now that they make the Nature Reserve their home and once we get up, they leg it. The pair then moved from where they were to a slightly more hidden spot. Foxy went in behind a privet hedge, while Junior just sat in the long grass, no more than eight feet from our back door.

I wish I had an army of cameras I could set up in the garden and capture their movements. It’s just awesome.

On June 18th 2012, I looked out my window to what we affectionately call ‘The Nature Reserve’. Foxy, a visitor to our garden but mainly during the winter, decided to drop by and stay a while. It was a great opportunity to have a look at an urban fox, just doing its thing.

It’s not often we get to see foxes like this, out in the open, especially during the day. After watching Foxy for a couple of hours, I still had to remind myself that this is a feral urban fox, yet seems quite happy to live so close to us.

Update: June 21st 2012.

This Foxy guy is getting very used to our garden, I came face to face with him outside about twenty minutes before this happened. After running into the trees, he came back out about five minutes later and lay in the sun. Well for some, eh?