Thursday 30 April 2015

Fox among the sheep

The countryside can be full of surprises.  Last Monday, an ordinary walk through pastureland at Purlieu Farm, near Lydney, turned into one that we are unlikely to forget.  Fortunately, I had my camera, with its nice zoom lens, at the ready.

A fox, sunning itself in a field.  Sheep and lambs nearby seem unconcerned.

Foxy stirs and has a scratch.

One sheep finally takes exception to the interloper and shoos it away.

Foxy retreats, in search of somewhere quieter.

4 comments:

  1. You lucky thing! I have never managed to take pictures of a fox, despite always carrying a camera.

    This was a story nicely told in pictures.

    Lucy

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  2. An amazing set of photographs. As Lucy states, the pictures tell the story well :)

    Lucy x

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  3. Browner than the one that came into my suburban Garden .
    I agree a lovely set of Photographs
    Julliette

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  4. You don't suppose the fox had already eaten it's fill, another sheep perhaps?

    Shirley Anne x

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