Fox welps

[eraaij]

Last week on an evening hike nearby I found a Fox den with welps. In total I counted 4 welps. I contacted Rene Nauta of Extra Survival (http://www.extrasurvival.nl) about the find because I thought he might be interested in taking some photographs for the quarterly newsletter. He was, we decided on a stakeout and were not dissapointed:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~eraaij/pics_vossen/vossewelp2.jpg

http://www.xs4all.nl/~eraaij/pics_vossen/vossewelp3.jpg

These pictures were taken by Rene at dawn. Alas, they were not that eager that morning to come outside. Around the den, there were lots of bird remains and -remarkable- rabbit stomachs. They seem to dislike that part of the rabbit. :)

Rabbit numbers seems to go up in our region, btw. A good sign after the VHS & Myxomatosis disaster here in The Netherlands.

-Emile

[Moonraker]

Thanks for posting these great images Emile :) Really lovely scenes.

Glad the hear about the rabbit numbers increasing too. Still depressingly low here in the south of France, not helped by hunting pressure but of course the true tragedy are those horrendous diseases.

[Ahjno]

Thanks for the posting Emile, great pics!
I've seen some fox welps (3) aswell overhere in Delfland between Delft and Rotterdam, in the very near fascinity of a farm (with chickens :D)
They were playing and had lots of fun :D - great to see them like that!

Only one downside on this story: there was a picture of them in the local newspaper, and now all sorts of people try to see them :rolleyes: :( (at least they were doing last saturday). Can only hope they forget them quickly, lose interest, and leave them alone.

[PC2K]

ahjo, they got fox's there? i never saw them there, i personnaly don't like that piece of "nature". To buzy and to much cylcle roads. Somehow i haven't, managed to find the road in that area to rotterdam, somehow i end up with a dead ending road with a canal blocking the path.

[FeralSheryl]

Wonderfully evocative images.
Thanks for sharing them :)

[hootchi]

Nice pictures. Can I ask what a welp is, is it a fox cub?

Cheers

[eraaij]

Can I ask what a welp is, is it a fox cub?


Yes. Sorry if I got the translation mixed up :)

-Emile

[hootchi]

Yes. Sorry if I got the translation mixed up :)

-Emile
No worries buddy. It's nice to learn different translations. And again nice pics.

One of the first times I had seen a fox in the wild in the daytime was on one of the worst days on Dartmoor I have been in. It looked like two hares running next to each other in the poor vis but it was the fox's body and the huge bushy tail. :D