vox Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 They're all over the place now aren't they HD ? I often find myself on my way home in the early hours and I would think it unusual if I didn't see any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Following the recent theft of a brand new car from a neighbours drive, ( he got it back, by the way ), I decided to install some CCTV. One camera covers my drive with a peek through the gates to the pavement beyond. To my surprise it is capturing images of numerous nefarious characters every night. Urban foxes ! It's a very quiet night, if we dont see at least 4 different ones. There's Wile E. Coyote, who seems to have had a major tussle with something above his class. He looks very dishevelled and limps badly, which slows him down a lot. There's a dog fox with a brush so thick that it looks like a continuation of his body. There's another who seems to have lost all the fur off his brush which looks like a pipe cleaner. There are some slightly smaller foxes which I presume are vixens or growing cubs. One thing I have noticed is that they walk precisely down the centre of the pavement or my drive and appear to cross the road at right angles. They must have been taking road safety lessons from "Tufty Fluffytail", the squirrel. We have a naturewatch viewing each morning when we review the recordings. HD Apologies for the poor picture, taken by camera off the TV screen. You can not tell the sex of a fox by it's size, or by the length or shape of it's tail (brush). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 You can not tell the sex of a fox by it's size, or by the length or shape of it's tail (brush). ...unless you are another fox. In which case you can probably tell by pheromone scent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 You don't have to be sensitive to fox pheromones to be able to smell a dog fox, they stink rank. My one time neighbour was complaining to me that his big garden compost heap was giving off a very nasty smell. I suggested to him that it might be a good idea to turn it over with a garden fork. While I watched over the wall he started to do this and almost had a seizure when a very angry dog fox leapt out and almost knocked him over. The resulting smell was so rank that he had to leave it and we both dashed inside. In a previous existence I had big problems with foxes causing damage and used to use a foul smelling fox repellent called something like Reynardin. The problem was it smelt almost as rank as the foxes. HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Change of subject, but wonderful sunset tonight. This is looking up the Porter Valley to Ringinglow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I saw something which surprised me whilst on Abbeydale Road a few days ago. I was approaching the traffic lights at the entrance to the Sainsbury's supermarket. A rat ran across the road some distance in front of me closely followed, almost at ground level, by a large crow. The crow made a grab for it at about the centre, but only managed to bowl it over. The rat gained the pavement at the other side, again chased by the crow but by this time the rat was running along close to the wall so the crow couldn't get close enough. It was all over in a few seconds and what happened after that I don't know because they were very soon behind the van. I know that crows do take small mammals, and even larger ones when in a group, but I was surprised to see a lone crow attack something as large (and fierce) as a rat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Squatter on this morning's milk - Cinnabar Moth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 A nice evening for watching TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Saw this spider catch a very small insect last night, the spider doesn't use a web. The spider itself was smaller than a match head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Saw this spider catch a very small insect last night, the spider doesn't use a web. The spider itself was smaller than a match head. Zebra Spider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Zebra Spider? I don't know we didn't introduce ourselves! Joking apart you are correct his Latin name is SALTICUS SCENICUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Got stuffed S&R Ind: December 13, 1861. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 A nice evening for watching TV. tv_.jpg A nice morning for going to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 A nice morning for going to work.sunnyside 002.JPG That's what I call a nice photo of a nice photo W/E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 That's what I call a nice photo of a nice photo W/E Taken in summer 1990. It was early one morning looking towards the ski slope, never seen anything like it before or since. Still one or two of the old VHF telly aerials around then also. W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ukelele lady Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 February 2015, early evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 There have been some fabulous sunsets lately. This was a couple of days ago over the Bole Hill above Fulwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 On 09/09/2010 at 20:35, Waterside Echo said: Its a hard life for some ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Just now, Waterside Echo said: She's back! W/E. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voldy Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Must have just popped out during the commercial break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Hillsborough Corner last Friday. Not my greatest shots as the camera was set up for tram photography with a street/sky background and I didn't have time to adjust for the shadows being unfavourable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Some great photos in this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Black and white ducks near Broughton Lane bridge on the canal, from August 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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