Wildlife Photography across the Water: Foxes back in the Garden

Monday 20 September 2010

Foxes back in the Garden

Back in March, I blogged about a mangy Fox that had been visiting my garden in the middle of the day. Since then, I haven't seen any although I have seen a few tell tale markers that they have left. Usually smelt them before I saw them.

Well 8 days ago, I prepared the part of the garden nearest the house for a new lawn. I hand removed the turfs, rotivated and tilled the soil, raking it level and smooth, and then leaving it to settle before I turf it in the near future. I expected all the neighbourhood cats to use it as a giant litter tray, but we have only had one visitor, until today that is.

I looked out of the window first thing to saw a couple of large holes that had been dug out.

On closer inspection, among the various cat foot prints were some much larger prints.

Checking this site confirmed they were indeed fox tracks.

Guess a hungry fox will dig for worms when food is scarce

Martin

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.