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Mr Fox's Foxes

My name is Tony Fox, and this page features the foxes and other wildlife that visit my garden.

13/06/2025

Apologies for the lack of posts recently, but the foxes are still not visiting very often. Yesterday I saw the first cub (or kit, depending where you live) that I've seen this year, though it's nearly adult size.

16/05/2025

Foxes love a cuddly toy

02/05/2025

Plenty of "mousing" - the distinctive fox pounce move.

25/04/2025

After months of only occasional brief visits the foxes are finally back, and they're full of the joys of spring!

07/03/2025

Still very few visits, but one fox arrived with a cuddly toy which first appeared some time last summer and I haven't seen for ages. I wonder where it's been all this time.

28/02/2025

In recent weeks there have been very few fox visits, and even then mostly solitary foxes passing through. This pair did spend some time in the garden though. If this persists this may be my last post for a while.

21/02/2025

A pair of foxes spend time play-fighting and engage in some mutual grooming.

14/02/2025

Fox zoomies, plus one fox passes through having caught a rat. Watch until the end for a bouncy badger.

07/02/2025

Never have I seen so much tail wagging. It's only February but these foxes seem full of the joys of spring!

31/01/2025

The mating season is over, so it seems to be time for the foxes to resume their favourite pastime, play-fighting.

19/01/2025

It's still the mating season and wherever the vixen goes the male is close behind.

10/01/2025

It's the mating season and the foxes are seldom far apart but they're having to put up with some wet and windy weather.

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Mr Fox’s Foxes

My name is Tony Fox and this page features the foxes and other wildlife which visit my garden in Hastings, UK.

All of my videos are also on YouTube at https://bit.ly/2zG0fJ8 (at least they are when I remember to update them!)

People sometimes ask about the equipment I use, so here’s the info:

I started out with a Browning Recon Force trail camera. The camera has a PIR motion detector which triggers automatic recording to an internal SD card. This is a great HD trail camera and shoots good footage in both daylight and at night using built-in infrared LEDs. In daylight it shoots at 60fps, which means that with edit software you can create slow motion footage which isn’t too jerky. www.wildviewcameras.co.uk/product/Browning-Recon-Force-Edge

After a while I decided I wanted a camera that could shoot UHD video (aka Ultra High Definition or 4K). This would mean that while editing I could simulate camera movement by zooming into the image (and then panning) without losing image quality. I also wanted a camera that I could watch live (via IP over my home network) as well as recording automatically to internal SD card, and after some online research I decided on this CCTV security camera: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B076ZPZ789

The next step was to improve the infrared lighting at night. I wanted to light as much of the garden as possible, and to avoid the eye glow that results when the light is coming from the camera itself (my cameras now all have their lights turned off or taped over). I chose these lights: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07B6B6GHN

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BW-Illuminator-Light-Infrared-Vision/dp/B00AAZRYD6

The smaller cheaper lights on the second link are actually better.

I later added another network IP camera, but one that can remotely pan, tilt and zoom.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hikvision-Optical-Camera-Network-Security/dp/B07HM6G8SL/ref=sr_1_24?keywords=hikvision+ptz&qid=1574933202&sr=8-24

The most recent addition is another trail camera, the Ltl Acorn Mini. This has white light LEDs and so can shoot colour footage at night. www.wildviewcameras.co.uk/product/ltl-acorn-mini30-white-light

There are certainly cheaper and simpler options. You can find trail cameras on eBay or Amazon for less than £30. I’m afraid that they won’t give the same quality of video, and may not last forever. Check the reviews on YouTube to see example footage.

I have learnt a lot from, and highly recommend, this group, Wildlife Watching & Trail Cameras UK: www.facebook.com/groups/1395197310700858/ The group Admin, Michele Booth, runs Wildview Cameras, and the group is a great source of advice and inspiration.