Fawns and Cubs

With the Fox cubs vacating the den area I decided to relocate my second camera, I opted to return it to a Badger sett I know of nearby. The sett has multiple holes and the clan have three cubs. What was most interesting is the variety of other animals spotted on this camera over the week.

The badgers were seen on most nights but not as much as I expected. The cameras placement was between two of the main holes and away from one of the exits into the field, it was therefore possible that they used these other holes more often.

It was with some pleasure that I found that my fox family frequented the site a lot, two cubs and both the Dog Fox and Vixen were seen across the week. It is not unknown that Foxes will cohabit with Foxes and although neither appeared together they were obviously tolerated.

The cubs are still active and like to involve the adults in the below clip  you can see one of the adults taking a tumble when following one of the more exuberant youngsters.

Other than the Foxes most interesting was the amount of time a female Roe Deer and her Fawn spent sheltered under the tree. As I pointed out in an earlier post, I had seen both pregnant Roe Deer and Muntjac. This fawn is the result of this. Now confident on its feet but still with the white spots on its back I got some intimate footage of the two together relaxing. The muntjac actually joined them one afternoon, although the muntjac appeared very wary.

Even Wood Mice were recorded scampering about, unafraid that both Foxes and Badgers frequented the site. Birds also appeared including a juvenile Robin, Great Tit and Magpie. I am amazed how many species will occupy one space each with their own niche and how they hardly seem to interact.