Even though I live practically in the centre of the city I have seen more foxes than I ever did when I lived in the country. Urban foxes are totally different to their country cousins, probably because their diet contains a lot of junk food from the endless fast food shops and I don't think that the high fat and salt content would be part of a normal diet for a fox!
Since a cycle path has been created on the old railway line near to where I live, the foxes have moved into the area and I have occasionally seen them going past my front room window, usually late at night as I am going to bed.
For the last couple of weeks though, I have seen one trotting along very early in the evening paying absolutely no attention to the occasional person on their way home from work, or to me as I am putting rubbish in the bin as happened the other evening. This fox took no notice of me as he trotted past just like someone's dog would do so he must have been on a mission.
I think his route brings him down the cycle path and along the road past my house, then he nips around the corner, across the road and through the back gardens of the houses opposite. From there he probably crosses over into the little park by the side of the railway line.
This fox is a rather splendid looking one, with no sign of mange or disease and I wouldn't be at all surprised if there is a mate somewhere near too. Maybe I might see some little foxes one day, but I doubt it.
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