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Amorous Foxes

07 Tuesday Oct 2025

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Early last Saturday morning, after Storm Amy had raged through the night – and she continued to blow through much of Saturday as well, our resident Fox family came out for a race around the garden.

In the photo above, I think that’s the adult male and female, left to right at the back, with one of this year’s cubs in front. And just look at how magnificently bushy the cub’s tail is!

As I watched the cub watching his parents sharing some tender moments, I couldn’t help but think of how teenagers react to the idea of their parents being intimate: ‘Oooooo. Get a room!’ Or, in this case, get a den.

The cub disappeared into the adjacent woodland but his Mum and Dad continued to sit on the grass for some time, indulging in some mutual grooming and nuzzling.

It was wonderful to be able to observe their behaviour from the comfort of my living room, while enjoying my morning cuppa. (My photos are not sharp as I was photographing them from behind double glazing – opening a window would have disturbed them.)

A foxy couple

14 Saturday Sep 2024

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This handsome couple were my first fox sightings of the year.

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I’m assuming they’re a couple, as in partners, but they could just as easily be an adult and a juvenile.

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Although fox cubs are easily recognisable, I’m not sure how you tell the age of older foxes just from photos, or even how to tell male from female (unless you can see the more obvious signs).

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Whatever the circumstances, they were adorable to watch. And, as I was quite distant behind a fence and some shrubs, my presence didn’t disturb their sunbaking, though I’m sure they were aware of my presence.

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Urban Fox

25 Friday Aug 2023

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A chance glance over the edge of the bridge as I was walking home yesterday turned up this urban Fox, running down hill towards the bridge. It stopped, turning to face backwards to watch the approaching train, but it wasn’t at all phased by the noisy engine bearing down it, waiting till the last minute to leap into the bushes at the side of the tracks. And, as soon as the last carriage had passed, it hopped back on to the tracks again to continue its journey. Sadly, it didn’t look in the best of health, its hindquarters seemingly affected by mange.

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F is for fox

11 Saturday Dec 2021

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Though often more common than we realise, especially in urban locations, the fox is still quite an elusive creature, and I’m seldom lucky enough to see one – or, if I do, it’s often just a fleeting glimpse as one crosses my path in the distance (as happened back in July). Better those fleeting glimpses though, than the sight of a dead fox lying beside a busy road (as happened very recently), which is very upsetting to see.

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169/366 Fox

17 Wednesday Jun 2020

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This was a bonus on Monday’s long walk …
I first saw its red bottom and tail walking away from me and thought I wouldn’t see it again but then it turned and sat in the long grass, keeping an eye on me while I took several photos. After about 5 minutes it spotted something more interesting on the other side of the field and trotted off. A delight!

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46/365 Barry Fox

15 Friday Feb 2019

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Under blue skies and glorious sunshine, I returned to Barry for another long exploratory meander today so I expected this blog post to contain one of the many photos I took of water lapping on sand, aerobatic gulls soaring overhead, seaweed floating in and out on the waves, birds feeding amongst the reeds and rivulets in the Old Harbour …. But then I happened to glance over a railing into someone’s allotment and saw this gorgeous creature basking in the warm afternoon sun. And all thoughts of a marine theme vanished in a blink of a sleepy fox’s eye.

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Birding at Peterston & Pendoylan Moors

12 Thursday Jul 2018

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Yesterday I enjoyed another wonderful, if rather hot day’s birding with my friends from the Glamorgan Bird Club, this time wandering a trail alongside the River Ely near Peterston-super-Ely and Pendoylan.

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On the way there, my friend John and I had incredibly close views of three Red kites and more of these magnificent birds of prey were gliding overhead during our walk.

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We saw Stock doves (one pictured above) sitting obligingly close to Woodpigeons so we could see the differences in the two species.

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A Red fox was spotted trotting along in a distant field, its lunch in its mouth.

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A large herd of large cows moved reluctantly away from the river so we could pass by. You’d have to be crazy to mess with this lady, who was keeping a steady eye on us in case we ventured too close to her calves.

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The fifteen participants … well, fourteen really, as I was taking the photo.

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The meandering River Ely was running low due to the recent drought conditions here in south Wales.

As well as birds, we also saw lots of butterflies, including these: Cinnabar caterpillars, Comma, Green-veined white, Meadow brown, Peacock, and more Small tortoiseshell than I’ve ever seen in one day before.

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The highlight of the day for me was watching these Sand martins hawking for food over the fields and then returning to their burrows in the river bank to feed their hungry young. Magic!