In recent weeks we've started to see a fox in the back garden, visiting just 30 minutes or so before the badger. We've not been able to discern if it is a male or female but it has left the garden with a chunk of food in its mouth so its possible there are cubs somewhere close. Things got better last week when a second fox appeared as well. The first fox was particularly orangey brown with a stark white tip to its bushy tail and the second had a much darker coat, but both looked healthy enough.
For a few nights the badger turned up after the fox but last night we were fortunate enough to see both badger and fox in the garden at the same time. The fox was raiding the badger box and then the badger sauntered out from under the bush and began munching the peanuts. They didn't seem to acknowledge each other, then there was a bit of circling before the fox took off. The badger went about his business for a while and then the garden descended into silence again. A real treat.
The blue tits seem to have fledged sometime around the Bank Holiday weekend and we didn't even see them leave. There were at least two chicks based upon the noise they made when the parents returned with food, and given the frequency of visits they would have been well fed.
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