The endless dunes between Abu Dhabi and Al Ain are golden waves of lifeless sand, dead and uninviting. They are also increasingly defaced by power lines, pipes and water tanks and demarcated by endless walls and fences as tenure and utilisation are settled. They are still traversed by camels but now also four wheel drives with tyres flattened to…
Tag: Mammals
Darenth Fox 2
The fox was back in the field at 1pm on another sunny, cold day and hunting the old pasture with deep concentration and sloping pose required to keep his nose to the ground. One leap, after a vole perhaps, was unsuccessful. He (possibly a she but with a long winter coat) looked very well and only…
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…