One of the best things about my change of abode earlier this year is the wildlife I now see in the garden, the occasional rare bird as well as the more common species and, best of all, the Foxes. I’ve blogged about them twice, views of the whole family in Foxes in the garden!, on 25 June, and the male and female adults reinforcing their pair bond in Amorous Foxes, on 7 October.

The photo above was taken more recently, on 10 November, when the local Magpies were playing chicken with the Fox, a game I’ve seen them play a few times. The birds hop as close as they dare to the Fox, it watches them and sometimes pretends to move towards them, making them fly off. There seems no real menace in the Fox’s expression but I’m sure it wouldn’t turn down a Magpie meal if it got the chance.