Apologies for the Jimi Hendrix title reference, but I had quite an interesting encounter with a fox on Thursday night, I came out of my house at 22:15 on my way for a nightcap, and sat on the grass verge was a fox. It looked at me and I looked at it! It was quite small and presumed it to be a young vixen. It sat there for 30 seconds or so as I rummaged to find my mobile phone to take a picture. Of course I could not get the flash to work before it ran of down the road.
It then ran back up the road and I called to it, it stopped, sat down again and watched me, I spoke to it again and it sat there for another 30 seconds or so, and then disappeared into the Ballington’s yard.
You can just make it out on the video clip link below. I apologise for the quality of this, but it was recorded on my mobile phone in the dark without a flash. Hardly Simon King yet, but I am working on it!