Latest update: 10th June 2022

Photos from the garden in 2022 of foxes and birds.

Older Photos of Garden Wildlife - 2021

Several parakeets on the feeders, still have a large flock, dozens of them living locally. 

14th March 2022, one of many large clumps of frog spawn, with a mating pair of toads close by.  Frogs tend to appear only at night.

Mating pair of toads. 

Several toads, while the frogs lay large clumps of spawn, the toads lay a long string of spawn which they wrap around the plants,  harder
to see but three vertical rows of tiny black dots can be seen centre left in the photo.  . 

18th April 2022, fox eating breakfast behind the pond, the island has become very overgrown during the winter. 

A few of the smaller fish, the larger ones are still at the bottom of the pond.  There are dozens of fry as well. 

26th May 2022, it's breeding time for the birds, several fledgling starlings can be seen bathing in the shallow water at the pond edge. 

Fledgling starlings are brown and only get the adult black and white dots when they become adults. 

One adult starling on the side of the bread feeder, two fledglings inside, but don't yet understand what to do with the bread. 

Three more fledglings learning to feed.

Dozens of starlings in and around the feeders. 

At this time in spring, they eat two loaves of bread a day and will eat a full 1kg peanut bar if allowing to (very expensive, so rationed). 

11th February 2022 - grandmother and aunt eating chicken on the lawn. 

21st February 2022 - four foxes waiting for dinner. 

6th March 2022 - four foxes eating dog food, no cub, still too nervous to eat with the adults. 

30th March 2022 - only three tonight, no cub. 

31st March 2022 - two foxes for breakfast. 

17th April 2022 - last year's surving cub with her mother for dinner. 

18th April 2022 - grand mother waiting for breakfast in the sun.

20th April 2022 - think this is mother, but hard to tell unless she comes right up to me, only fox to do so. 

Pigeons waiting to see if any food is left. 

4th May 2022 - grand mother eating bread in the evening. 

18th May 2022 - mother and last year's cub eating dinner. 

20th May 2022 - last year's cub is now much bolder, waiting for dinner on the wall, looks in the patio windows, and comes within a few
feet of me, similarly to her mother. 

26th May 2022 - three foxes for dinner. 

28th May 2022 - only two tongight.  New plants protected by fencing to stop the foxes trampling them. 

30th May 2022 - last year's cub is often the first fox waiting for dinner, and tonight has a mouthful of food to take away and eat in peace. 

Cub is back for more food.

30th May 2022 - tonight cub is trying to pick up half a pizza, the other foxes got the rest. 

2nd June 2022 - three foxes tonight.

3rd June 2022 - grand mother waiting for breakfast in the sun. 

6th June 2022 - cub eating bread in the evening. 

8th June 2022 - cub and grand mother eating dinner, the fox at the back is very nervious, runs away when she sees me so not a
regular visitor, waiting for the other foxes to finish.  . 

Grand mother foreground, new fox behind her. 

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