It’s going to be a long night, but these young foxes are delighted at how things are looking at the moment.

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.

A beautiful sunny weekend has brought the young fox cubs (now 11-12 weeks old) out to play. I spotted them early Saturday evening (photographs taken through a window), and then again this evening (where I managed to get outside to join them). Their mother, the vixen, was lurking on both occasions; and both times called the cubs to retreat with her. Luckily, a couple of them returned shortly afterwards. Naughty cubs 😉

Enough preamble… here is a small taste of the fox cubs in sunshine…

Two of the cubs at the top of the steps at the rear of the garden

Young fox cub bird watching (a magpie had just flown overhead).

Stalking…

Greeting

Relaxing

Lounging…

Got some great night portraits tonight. Will share those soon!

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.

Four portraits of the fox cubs taken this evening…

Fox cub at about 8-9 weeks old. The lights in the rear are the eyes of the male parent, keeping watch.

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.