Big Fox on the Street

[telecat]

My 23 year old daughter was leaving the House tonight and surprised a local Fox crossing the road. Not a small one either. Looked well fed and was about Golden Retriever/Labrador size. Change from the little ones we see by the side of the road. Adds to the Hedgehog's Red Kites and Bats we have round here.

[Fugazi]

I occasionally see a huge dog fox around the neighbourhood while walking the dog, he's even followed us before now while keeping a safe distance. Probably getting a good feed from all the fast food the chavs chuck all over the floor a few streets away. We've also had a hedgehog in our garden this year for the first time and just this Monday while working from home, I saw a sparrowhawk fly across the garden and came straight towards my office window. It was an amazing sight and made my day!

[Prof Prolapse]

I think your eyes may be playing tricks! Foxes don't get as big as Labradors. Not even close.

15kg would be a Huge fox and it's not half what the average Labrador weigh.

They're quite slight animals.

[DannyScene]

telecat said:

My 23 year old daughter was leaving the House tonight and surprised a local Fox crossing the road. Not a small one either. Looked well fed and was about Golden Retriever/Labrador size. Change from the little ones we see by the side of the road. Adds to the Hedgehog's Red Kites and Bats we have round here.

I'd be amazed if a fox could get that big!

We've been feeding a family of foxes for the past 20 years and the biggest one we've seen was probably marginally bigger than our male cat

Oddly we did see a black fox quite a number of times a few years ago but kept it very quiet

[The Beast of Codfin]

telecat said:

was about Golden Retriever/Labrador size.

Probably just a pup. This time of year the adults tend to be cow sized.

[The Beast of Codfin]

hang on, was it Goldish in colour?

[227bhp]

The Beast of Codfin said:

hang on, was it Goldish in colour?

Could have been one of those chocolate brown ones or maybe a wolf.

We have Palisade fencing around the yard at work, I once saw an adult fox walk straight through the gap barely pausing....

[mrmaggit]

We have had quite a few round us, varied in size from not much bigger than a cat to small Labrador, and even had a Badger on our front lawn a couple of months ago.