Not the garden pond though. A much larger pond in Falmer Village. I'd been meaning to make a visit and was hoping that the ducklings would be around by now, but no luck on that count. The ducks were on good form though. The first shot is a mallard, but I've not yet identified what the second one is.
The gulls were enjoying the water.
As ever I took far too many shots and haven't yet had time to sort through them all, but it made a nice change from my usual routine. As well as the ducks and gulls, there were geese, coots and moorhens. And plenty of young rabbits, though they tended to scurry off into the undergrowth if I approached within about 50 yards of them.
As for the foxes, I did manage a momentary glimpse of the nicked-ear vixen this evening. She's the stealthiest of all the foxes and has a knack of passing through the garden unseen. It was a slight sound as she was leaving via a fence that gave her away, but even then she was gone long before I could attempt a photo.
I did manage a photo of the old dog fox though. 
Ok, here's a rather better one, just to prove it really is him. Good to see the old fellow back 😀
Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens
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Hmm, hope so. I can't see anything at the moment. I presume this only affects photos uploaded to Opera? My zenfolio photos are displaying normally (at the moment- fingers crossed!).
Tried to comment before, but I was told by Opera that my request was FORBIDDEN! Also couldn't see any pictures!
Ummm, is it me, or have all the photos gone walkies? :confused: Glad to hear old dog fox is still on the scene!
There was an upgrade today. I presume all will be back to normal in the morning.
This is the second time today!
Looks all ok now!
That's better! 😆 at tip of old dog fox's tail!
The second mallard is a hybrid.
More info can be found here
http://10000birds.com/manky-mallards-domestic-feral-or-just-plain-odd-mallards.htm
Interesting information on the hybrids. Thanks for the link.
Love the first fox picture! 😆 I wonder how many cubs he has this spring!
Yes, I've seen a few hybrid ducks on the nearest big pond here, too.
Adele, I couldn't resist posting that picture. 😆
Vulpes, one of my better shots. Couldn't have got less fox in the shot if I'd tried!
Andy, oh thanks for that link :up: Excellent resource. We obviously have lots of hybrids round here.