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Monday 15 April 2024

At last.

 Its all happening in the fox world. I was evacuated during World War 2 to a little village in Yorkshire where I lived with a lovely family. The son was the lead singer (Alwyn Fernhead ) of the Radio Revellers. Who were very popular during the war. His father had a government job at a local factory. He was also a brilliant photographer and even at the age of 5 I learned a lot about photography.

We had foxes visit the garden and I got to learn how to treat them. So when I moved to this house over 10years ago I found the knowledge I had gained very useful. Living next to a wood the place was infested with rats. I decided the best way of dealing with the problem was to let nature deal with it with a little help from me.

With a bit of encouragement from me the rats disappeared in a couple of weeks and nothing has been seen since. The foxes won and now have the freedom of the gardens. Some of the family have left but Dad remains and I believe a new family is on the way.

I do hope so, they are a delight to have them visit. I call them and they come, I talk to them and they listen. They no longer run away when I approach them.

There is evidence that red foxes lived with man as a dog.

Thursday 4 April 2024

Fox update


 The foxes have stopped coming. Dad fox has chased last years cubs off so I imagine he has a new family somewhere. He comes round for his evening meal each day with no sign of the rest of the family. He has a favourite biscuit and loves black grapes which he scoffs before the others see them then leaves the rest for the cubs when they arrive a couple of hours later. I am hoping for some new pics soon.

Mike Attwood - Photographer

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Evacuated during the second world war to a village in Yorkshire where I lived in the home of a good photographer for more than five years who taught me the basics and a great deal about nature. Well past retirement age I have been a wildlife photographer for more than 30 years. Red Kites have been my speciality for much of this period. I did spend several years snapping wheelchair athletes and organizing the British Road Race Championship. In the year 2000 I was awarded a distinction by the Royal Photographic Society for my portfolio on wheelchair athletes. Most of my pics are digital, using Sony cameras and Sigma lenses. I used to spend many weeks each year with friends in Wales which is close to the Elan Valleys where I got many of my raptor pics. I now get these pictures more closely to home, specially red kites and peregrines. I support my pension by selling my pics, cards, coasters, fridge magnets and key rings etc. at craft fairs, something I wish I had done much earlier in life. I give illustrated talks to clubs and societies on wildlife and other branches of photography that I have been involved in.