Fox behaviour : Life's a Beach !!

With plenty of clear skies and bright sunshine over the last few days it seemed like Cornwall was indulging in a bit of an Indian Summer with visitors and locals heading for beaches that were a bit quieter than in the summer holiday season.

Well they were not alone.  Take a look at these images below of a fine pair of young foxes enjoying life on the beach after a busy nights hunting.

The first fox called Snoozy arrived and dug a hole in the sand to find a cool level to lie in and then had a good scratch before commencing its sunbathing siesta,

When the second fox called Twitchy arrived at the same time as an inquisitive Kingfisher it was not quite so fussy and casually led out in a rough patch of leaf litter and driftwood.

Twitchy was no Beach boy,  He was a bit of a live wire and he soon got a bit twitchy with the lack of action

Twitchy did all he could to disturb Snoozy and goad him into some sand digging interaction but Snoozy was having none of it.

Twitchy had now had enough of all this lying around snoozing

and eventually gave up and went off to explore the rest of the beach on his own !

                                                             
                                                                    Life's a beach !!

Foxes in the morning sunlight

A young male fox rises from its den and encounters his sister having a wash and brush up in the early morning sunshine.

He decides to play the role of a dominant male and his sister lets him get away with it.

Convinced that he is in charge the male settles down to enjoy his share of the morning sunshine and the young vixen gets back to her wash and brush up.

I spent well over an hour watching this fox family this morning so there will be a follow-on blog in the next couple of days !