Foxes vs humans

| June 7, 2010

Many of you (in the UK, at least) will have seen the report of a fox attacking two babies in east London. There is some discussion here on the BBC News site about how unusual this is. Perhaps the foxes in Hackney are bolder than those around here — several people seem to be describing […]

Making the lawn their own…

| June 4, 2010

Well, perhaps not quite; the cats still stroll around earlier on in the day, before the foxes come out for their constitutional around 2.15 pm. They’re quite regular about that; emerge and lounge around on the lawn for a while, sunbathe, possibly indulge in a little chasing one another round the pond, and then head […]

A backlog

| June 4, 2010

The plus point of warmer weather and more active foxes: yay, foxes! The minus points of warmer weather and more active foxes: more media to sort through and catalogue. To give you an example, when I swapped out the data card from Foxcam this morning, it had 153 new items on it. Even accounting for […]

The fox takeaway

| May 24, 2010

Usually, when I’ve put down food for the foxes, things happen in the following order: The local bird life descends to grab what they can before the foxes get to it. This usually includes a couple of pigeons (after the peanuts), a magpie or two (after whatever they can get, frankly), and at least one […]

It’s a mystery to me…

| May 21, 2010

… why these cubs continue with their hedgehog investigations. But they still make me laugh! Also under the fold — practising creeping up on your sibling, and proving that Mum still does the best at feeding the cubs… even if it’s her own food.

Tuesday 18th

| May 21, 2010

Three more videos for you (and there’s another one on our YouTube channel). We have foxes playing the Up and Under game (now there’s a reference that’ll lose a lot of people…), also hurdling, and there’s the reappearance of an old friend…

Wrestling, pouncing and hedgehog-worrying

| May 21, 2010

I have four videos here for you from Monday. We prove that there are still four fox cubs — despite the fact that we don’t often see all of them out together, they are still here. There’s also another snapshot of the eternal struggle to be on top; some Advanced Leaping and Pouncing practice; and […]

Too cute to keep up with

| May 21, 2010

Sorry things have been a little quiet this week, folks. Big work project and also the foxes have been producing too much cuteness — I can’t keep up! I’ve got videos, I’ve got photos, all coming to a post near you very soon…

The Dog and Fox

| May 19, 2010

While our cats may not be playmates with the foxes, here’s a story from the BBC about a dog and fox who have become friends.

Two late-night observations

| May 18, 2010

1) my cat can outrun a fox, just about; 2) an adult fox, hitting a locked cat-flap at full tilt, will not break that cat-flap. I would love to know what caused that altercation!