Urban Foxes (not Leicester!)

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larbert toffee said:
I get to see the best of both world's travelling to work, urban foxes in the towns and country one's in the wide open spaces.

I find their behaviour fascinating and I think the word cunning was truly derived to describe them.

Where I work there were foxes whom the workers were feeding literally out of their hands during their nightshift breaks,unfortunately someone reported one had snapped at her and the next thing they were culled.

It was sad but I believe they should be left well alone as they can fend well enough for themselves.

Whilst they do look cute especially when young they do cause havoc with wildlife not only with farm animals but also we have hen harriers (a rare ground nesting bird of prey) nesting near to where I work and they have destroyed their nest just to eat the eggs.
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There's only a handful of breeding pairs of Hen Harriers in the UK mate, so to lose one clutch of eggs is devastating for the population. They are normally under 24hr guard they are that rare ?. ( do you work near remote moorland somewhere ? )
Likewise foxes decimate populations of ground nesting birds, particularly sea bird colonies.

Vermin, exterminate the lot of them. They are just large rats, release the hounds !
 
COYBL25 said:
There's only a handful of breeding pairs of Hen Harriers in the UK mate, so to lose one clutch of eggs is devastating for the population. They are normally under 24hr guard they are that rare ?. ( do you work near remote moorland somewhere ? )
Likewise foxes decimate populations of ground nesting birds, particularly sea bird colonies.

Vermin, exterminate the lot of them. They are just large rats, release the hounds !
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Im off birding over the weekend to see Hen Harriers, Cuckoos, Red Grouse and warblers general, a nice bogland in the Irish midlands.
Wardens cull the foxes there
Love seeing them in the city though
 
COYBL25 said:
There's only a handful of breeding pairs of Hen Harriers in the UK mate, so to lose one clutch of eggs is devastating for the population. They are normally under 24hr guard they are that rare ?. ( do you work near remote moorland somewhere ? )
Likewise foxes decimate populations of ground nesting birds, particularly sea bird colonies.

Vermin, exterminate the lot of them. They are just large rats, release the hounds !
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COYBL25 said:
There's only a handful of breeding pairs of Hen Harriers in the UK mate, so to lose one clutch of eggs is devastating for the population. They are normally under 24hr guard they are that rare ?. ( do you work near remote moorland somewhere ? )
Likewise foxes decimate populations of ground nesting birds, particularly sea bird colonies.

Vermin, exterminate the lot of them. They are just large rats, release the hounds !
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Yes mate I work at a fairly remote part of the West coast of Scotland, there is a concentrate of 2 or 3 pairs and there is a close eye kept on them with regards to humans, unfortunately mother nature can be unpredictable and last year a nest was ruined though generally in the past breeding there has been a great success.
You are correct to state that there are a handful of pairs and it may only be in Scotland that they are left though I stand to be corrected on this.
 
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