The wild spirit of the fox
The Fox is a wonderful animal and no other animal in the British Isles causes so much debate. There’s doesn’t seem to be a middle ground they are either loved and adored or...
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The wonderful urban wildlife
I’ve been travelling around on long searches all across the British Isles looking for the wonderful wildlife that is home to these shores, otters, deer, kingfishers, badgers and foxes to name but a...
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The wind in the willows
Have you ever noticed how the wind seems to affect wildlife? On blustery days jackdaws enjoy eddies around church spires. Foxes and other mammals appear skittish. Gulls wheel up out of sight or...
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Washed out: Where are the animals?
During times of storms and flooding people rarely think about animals. They too have been washed away, forced to relocate or had their homes flooded. It’s not something that makes the news but...
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Hunting with dogs still a problem in Scotland
The Scottish government has recently published its 2013-2014 report on wildlife crime (yes, it took them 8 months to write that). The report had some interesting findings, most importantly that wildlife crime has...
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Fox and the City
I moved to London from rural Essex around a year ago, and now savour every ounce of wildlife I come across in the Big Smoke. Having said this, I have seen far more foxes in the last 12 months than...
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How television helped scientists map the urban fox
In 2012 a Channel 4 series called ‘Foxes live: wild in the city’ was aired, with viewers asked to submit their sightings of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban environments. In a two week...
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