There are many urban foxes near my house, I see them often. There is Stumpy, the one with a limp and Manky, the one who looks manky and probably other ones too but I am not the greatest of fox identifiers. There are no chickens for them to eat here, so I don't have to worry about that, though in years gone back at a previous house one did dig up my daughter's dead rabbit causing considerable trauma.
I got home early on Friday as the snow was piling down, I am a self-confessed snow-wimp and dislike driving in it. I was happened to look out of the window and I saw the fox approaching the pond, I ran and grabbed my camera and managed to get some photos:
I am not sure how much he achieved in licking the ice, he was clearly thirsty, but it was rather nice to see him there in the snow.
