{"id":31278,"date":"2026-06-21T23:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T22:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=31278"},"modified":"2026-06-21T23:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T22:15:57","slug":"two-fox-cubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/two-fox-cubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Fox Cubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve known for several months that Lopa had given birth to some cubs, and we’d even caught glimpses of a cub at night. But we didn’t know how many cubs there were, or how they were faring. Finally – on the longest day of the year – they put in a daylight appearance. Two cubs, that is. They were very shy, but I managed to grab a couple of photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This first one was relatively bold and sat quietly at the rear of the garden. I was about 50 feet away, keeping very still so as not to startle it, but I’m fairly sure it knew I was there. It’s got a slight mark under it’s right eye (scratch?), but seemed in good shape and already quite grown up. <\/p>\n\n\n

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One of the two fox cubs <\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The second cub was extremely shy and only put its head out for a moment. It seems smaller than its sibling and as soon as it spotted (or heard) that we were in the garden it beat a retreat. It does have magnificent ears! <\/p>\n\n\n

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What fabulous ears! <\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Hopefully we’ll see a little more of these two over the coming weeks and months,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’ve known for several months that Lopa had given birth to some cubs, and we’d even caught glimpses of a cub at night. But we didn’t know how many cubs there were, or how they were faring. Finally – on the longest day of the year – they put in a daylight appearance. Two cubs, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t