For some time now my parents have spotted foxes in their suburban garden, and so while I'm staying with them I've been putting food out to try to see them for myself. Sure enough, we have what appears to be a breeding pair venturing in at around the same time every night, just as it's getting dark. There definitely seems to be a male and female, often coming into the garden separately but also occasionally at the same time. However, we haven't seen any young yet, which may be due to the trickiness of getting through our fence (the hole is quite high up).

These foxes have been seen jumping from a standing start up on to an ivy-covered chickenwire fence, and balancing on the top before jumping down. One of them also appears to sleep on the roof of our shed when the weather's sunny, which would require some ivy-climbing prowess.

The weather wasn't great, so the usual Winter problem of dark, blurry photos reared its head again.

Out and about in Sorrento

Random bits of nature photography from various places (Chichester and London certainly, some of it inside the office and my house!)

Miscellaneous bits and pieces snapped around Chichester; the latter half while I was playing around with my "new" camera, taking pics of the wildlife in Priory Park.

Another family trip to Newark to do the trip down the river we didn't get time for the first time we went!

Back in Nottingham for Christmas, a walk around the Lace Market before the tram works started, then down to the Council House to look at the Christmas market.  Finally a quick side trip to the railway station down to the canal.

A folly-up to the previous squirrel pics, but with a supporting cast

Squirrels after the bird food in my patents' garden.  This is about the time that squirrels went from adorable little creatures that took food from my hand to tree-rats that destroy feeders while stealing all the bird food.

Running around like a kid taking pictures of everything, because SNOW!