The most noteable record for this week has been the
sighting of a fox, two days ago, during daylight hours. The fox was in a field just behind
the trees at the bottom of the cricket field at about 7:45 a.m.. It spotted me and the two
pupils who I was walking with but it continued to move across the Although daylight sightings such as this one are unusual in this area, there is plenty of evidence that foxes are active around the grounds at night-time. One of the things to watch for is the small scrapings or overturned clods of earth on the ground beneath the trees, where the foxes often search for food items. Another sign that the foxes are around is that animal corpses, or scraps left by sparrowhawks, often disappear overnight.
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