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Idris - photography's avatar

thank you! more to come as soon as i have the time to go out!

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Great - looking forward to it!

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Idris - photography's avatar

Photographers love them, I can tell you that!

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Melissa Lee's avatar

I can see why - they are stunning creatures! I’ve recently captured some more footage of them, and it’s mesmerising.

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Idris - photography's avatar

Right? the fox photo basically started this substack for me lol

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Amazing! I've subscribed to you. Always happy to support a fellow fox fan 🦊 Your photos are great.

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Samsgeekspace's avatar

Imagine baby foxes that would be amazing I'm trying to remember what the baby foxes were called in the Animals of Farthing wood Dreamer I seem to remember..

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Ooh yes! I think it was. I googled the rest ‘Bold, Charmer and Friendly’ So sweet 🦊

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Bee Lilyjones's avatar

The Animals of Farthing Wood. Thank you for reminding me, loved it. Loved this story and love foxes. Thanks, Melissa.

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thankyou Bee, and thanks so much for the share! I’m very happy to have reached a fellow Farthing Wood fan 💚🦊🦔🌳

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Leonard Neamtu's avatar

What a beautiful story! I love foxes. I'm hoping that we'll soon a see a ban to the stupid tradition of hunting them.

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thanks so much 😊And I completely agree with you, I hope so too.

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Monica Balt's avatar

I very much enjoyed this, Melissa. Looking forward to hearing all about the cubs later!

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Jamie Sawyer-Merchant's avatar

I have a good feeling about the baby foxes! 🦊 Maybe more than one, who knows🤞 Lovely to learn more about them!

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Helen Marshall's avatar

Learnt so much about foxes and I love the idea of the nannie fox. Smart creatures, I just wish I could see one on one of my walks. This was a throughly researched piece and thank you for writing it.

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thank you Helen, I really appreciate your comments. And I hope that one day you get to see a fox on one of your walks!

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Lisa Juliano's avatar

Two foxes 💖 And maybe baby foxes 💝 How exciting!

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Linda Clark's avatar

Wonderful read Melissa! I too think they are magical and lucky! And beautiful! 🦊

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thanks Linda, I’m so glad you enjoyed it 💚

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Lopi Mackenzie's avatar

A pair?! How exciting!

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Clare Louise Larkin's avatar

Lovely to see the foxes on your camera Melissa. I wonder where their den is? Often they use underneath old sheds/buildings or discarded gardens :)

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Melissa Lee's avatar

That's an interesting question... I have no idea. Our garden backs onto agricultural land for miles, but we do have neighbours with big old barns, and a derelict house with outbuildings too 🤔

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Amy's avatar

How exciting! We encountered a fox screaming/howling one night recently. It was startling to say the least, a definite surprise outside our terraced house in town (second only to the experience of badgers screaming outside our tent when camping last year). It's so wonderful seeing foxes with their young, I am keeping my fingers crossed for you!

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thank you! I'm really hopeful, for myself and now for everyone I've told about it!! 😆

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Alan Grainger's avatar

Oh man, The Animals of Farthing Wood shaped my childhood! Been a while since I thought about that - that was toooo much for a kids story!

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Melissa Lee's avatar

It was wasn’t it?! Intense..

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Take A Breath With Ruth's avatar

What’s the use for retracting claws?

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Hi Ruth, I'm sorry I missed this comment earlier. I looked into it, and apparently it's to allow some species to climb trees! How interesting. Our foxes don't, but I believe that grey foxes in the US do.

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Lizzie Swift's avatar

I love foxes, and really enjoyed learning more about them 🙏

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Melissa Lee's avatar

Thank you Lizzie 💚🦊

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