Foxes on the Cliff.

• Guest 640

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  3 July 2012     08:16181157
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  This family of foxes came to the edge of the cliff on saturday lunchtime. I think it was saturday. They were enjoying the bit of sunshine on a ledge with a 70ft drop. It is a traditional place for them to come...I have seen one or two basking in the sun here before. But this time I managed to get some pictures. Top shot just shows the wild flowers.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  They just lie there and relax, they do a bit of scratching, a bit of licking, and a bit of lazing around.
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• Keith Sansum1

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  3 July 2012     08:21181159
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  when i walk home at night i come aross loads of fox's i walked up two nghts ago and came in between a mother and baby
  had to speed home as ddnt want to distress the baby or mother
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  3 July 2012     08:40181167
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  great pictures there, never see any where i am though they are definitely around.
  
  both sides of me have had rabbits killed by them.
• Guest 640

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  3 July 2012     09:48181193
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  Have enlarged the last picture shown above because i just noticed the fox on the right has the other one by the tail..but in gentle fashion, no aggravation or stress, just playful. Here we are with slightly larger view of it..
  
  

  

  
  
  also an extra pic here to add to the mix..
  
  

  
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  3 July 2012     09:56181195
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  Now brush your teeth?
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• Brian Dixon

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  3 July 2012     10:24181198
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  nice pictures there paulb,nice to see basil brush alive and well.
• Guest 656

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  3 July 2012     11:30181216
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  Lovely pix and don't they look so cute We have lots of foxes around in my neck of the woods, always see them in our garden especially early evening.
• Guest 657

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  3 July 2012     11:37181221
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  Beautiful creatures
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  3 July 2012     17:24181253
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  where i used to live the garden next door was totally neglected and a family of foxes moved in.
  
  great fun watching the cubs play while the mother looks on.
• Guest 663

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  3 July 2012     17:25181255
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  Great pictures so lucky to capture the family, they have become unafraid we see many around of a night time,quite often with young they are lovely to watch.
• Guest 640

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  4 July 2012     08:04181301
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  I'm surprised there is enough food to go round to support all these foxes. If you look at the ones in the pictures you can see they are very well nourished with glorious coats etc. Years ago if you caught sight of an urban fox they were usually a mottled grey/brown with a sad looking dememanour, scurrying and rattling amongst the metal dustbins in the dead of night...not so the current crop. Nice to see them so healthy.
  
  Much as with seagulls...how is there enough food to support them all? They scratch around for every bit of scrap they can get, yet all look sublimely healthy and there are so many. Just noticed two very newly born ones on Millers roof...there's a nest up there. But ever more come every year...how long do seagulls live that is the question or are we to be swamped?
  
  
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• Keith Sansum1

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  4 July 2012     08:15181308
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  with the human race discard-ing foods as they do, theres plenty of food around
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• Brian Dixon

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  4 July 2012     10:07181339
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  pleanty off wild rabbits up there,as big as hares they are.