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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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field in an unhurried fashion, passing between some
grazing sheep. It was interesting to note that the sheep barely acknowledged the presence
of the fox, even though it passed within a few feet of them. I imagine that their reaction
would have been very different if lambs had been present. After pausing for a while near
the stream that runs along the edge of the field, it disappeared form view behind the bank
of the stream.