Fox Posts.
Marsh Foxes.
26th June, 2012: I haven’t mentioned the foxes for a while. They are thriving, healthy and very active. I see and hear them most times I’m out on the marsh. I hear the frantic squealing and shrieking of their prey as … Continue reading →
Fox Den Watching: 5th visit. They are so cute!
11th May 2012: I will be following these cubs all over the marsh for the rest of this year. Perhaps I should rename this blog “The Wilden Marsh Foxes.” I think I might turn my attention to the badgers; maybe … Continue reading →
Fox Den Watching: 3rd Visit.
8th May 2012: I didn’t intend fox watching this evening, but I saw the cubs as I neared the den and decided to chance my luck. I spent two and a half hours in the most uncomfortable tree imaginable: it was … Continue reading →
(Click on images to enlarge) 13th March 2012: My mind was not in the right place this evening. Standing with my back against the bushes that grow along this section of the River Severn, I stared across the north pasture. … Continue reading →
Where are the marsh foxes’ dens.
7th April 2012: Last evening I searched a small privately owned wood close to, but not part of the marsh. The wood has not been maintained and is littered with fallen branches. There are many old and new animal excavations … Continue reading →
Stress positions and fox photography.
1st April 2012: Whether I manage to get images of a marsh fox depends on who sees who first. If the fox sees me first, or gets my scent, then it is unlikely that I will see a fox to photograph. … Continue reading →
Vixen out for dinner.
27th March 2012: I was on the marsh at 05:30 this evening, and this was my first fox stalking evening of this year. It was a beautifully sunny evening, too. I was in my full foxing kit: camouflage netting over my head, … Continue reading →
More about the marsh foxes.
4th March 2012: The marsh vixen will be holed-up in her den for around ten days his month, giving birth to her cubs. The dog will bring food to the den for her. After the confinement, they will be increasingly … Continue reading →
What do people really feel about ol’ Foxy?
I received the following comment this morning from mymatejoechip, on a subject close to my heart. I think it is a very worthy comment about foxes eating mammals in Australia. I hope mymatejoechip doesn’t mind my featuring the comment. To read the … Continue reading →
Wilden Marsh Heronry.
21st February 2012: It’s not just foxes, badgers, muntjac deer, mink, otters and goodness knows what else, that we have living on Wilden Marsh; we also have a long-established heronry. Heronry is the name given to the place where a … Continue reading →
The marsh foxes are getting the better of me!
12th February 2012: The marsh foxes are getting the better of me. I watched the dog fox early this morning, from Hoo Wood, through binoculars, mooching about in the north pasture. He paid no attention to the cattle. He sniffed … Continue reading →
The winter beauty of Wilden Marsh reveals itself.
11th February 2012: What a brilliant day it’s been. The temperature was minus 5 degrees centigrade first thing this morning. The sky remained cloudless all day, and the temperature this afternoon was probably not above freezing. It’s good to have firm ground … Continue reading →
An opportunity!
5th February 2012: It snowed last evening and overnight. This morning I thought the snow cover offered an excellent opportunity to see how much animal activity occurred on the marsh since 4 pm yesterday. Entering the marsh at the Hoo … Continue reading →
Fox’s den, or badger’s sett?
3rd February 2012: This week I returned to my quest: finding the marsh vixen’s birthing earth. I’ve searched the marsh and Hoo Wood for likely locations many times, but without success. I have spent a lot of time pondering on … Continue reading →
Barking and screaming in the night.
27th January 2012: January is the peak month of the foxes’ mating season. There has been much fox barking and screaming during evenings on the marsh this month. Throughout last year, I have seen and photographed the marsh foxes hunting … Continue reading →
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