At the start of December, the weather changed from balmy to icy and the sub-zero temperatures stayed for a week. The house sparrow flock returned to the seed holder and blackbirds crossed the valley to feed on the apples. A fox, handsome in its thick winter coat, enjoyed sniffing out an abundance of strewn peanuts…
Tag: Fox
The fox and the field vole
The fox appears in front of the kitchen window; he is in perfect condition with a thick winter coat. Immediately, he steps into the abandoned ground of grasses and nettles that one day may be a back garden. He seems to know it is the right place to hunt and is entirely alert and focussed….
Darenth Fox
I walked the footpath from home down to the River Darenth – cold, blue sky, low bright sun and frost lifting in the late morning. Not much about until a dog fox (I think, since he appeared large) trotted the path in front of me. He worked a wet pasture half-heartedly and only looked up when…