Fields and Foxes

I'm going to start today's blog with a couple of landscapes. The first was taken around 8.15 this morning at Seven Sisters, looking towards Seaford. The town is hidden by the Downs, but a lone seagull has drifted into the lower part of the shot.

The second is taken locally, at around 17.30 this afternoon.

And then I spotted the foxes. They were a long way off and there's the field are fenced off, but once again I was able to see six of them out in the evening sunshine.

From what I could see, it appeared as though one of the adults had returned with some food. Which would explain this next little grouping.

A day with foxes is always a good day; but there one further (and very welcome) sighting when I got home. Shutterbug appeared in the garden just around dusk. The light was poor, just at the point where it's a toss up between using flash or ramping up the ISO and using what little natural light there is. I opted for the latter.

He's quite skinny at the moment, and his coat is a bit patchy. It hasn't got any worse since my last sighting, and looking like this he reminds me of my early photos of the 'old dog fox'.

Oh, and late last night (through the window) we saw the cub skipping about the garden. He obviously knew I was inside!
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens, except the final two which were taken with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.

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This Post Has 8 Comments

  1. gdare

    2 Jul 2011

    Old dog fox looks young actually, on that photo 😀

  2. SittingFox

    2 Jul 2011

    Always nice to see a family of them out in the fields! :up:

  3. Words

    4 Jul 2011

    Adele, I just wish I could get closer but impossible without cutting across private land.

  4. Words

    4 Jul 2011

    Darko, he probably was. That was when we first got to know him. The name came later 😉

  5. Words

    4 Jul 2011

    Erwin, thanks!

  6. Mickeyjoe-Irl

    4 Jul 2011

    Uh oh, he been in the wars?

  7. Words

    6 Jul 2011

    Mick, he's looking tatty and quite skinny but I'm inclined to think it's a heavy moult, and maybe fleas, rather than anything serious. Saw him again tonight and his brush is improving a bit, which is good to see.

  8. Wulpen

    19 Oct 2012

    Nice photos

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