Fox tales

Yesterday, I saw a fox in my garden. Urban foxes are not an uncommon sight these days and back in November one was regularly using a pile of leaves by my back fence as a bed.

I wrote in my blog that I was worried about the fox. Its tail was bare of fur and its rump looked sore.

The fox I saw yesterday was fine and healthy but, checking this picture against the photograph I took in November, it is clear they are not the same animal.

As pleasant as it is to see this wild creature in my garden, I am still worried about the former resident of my leaf pile.