Visitors who have been popping into "Yorkshire Pudding" for a long time may remember that since I retired I have derived a great deal of pleasure from the Geograph photo-mapping project to which, at the last count, I have submitted 18,638 photographs.
Geograph has increased my motivation to get outside walking and it has also taught me a great deal about the geography and history of these fabulous and fascinating islands - The British Isles.
I do not know exactly how many active contributors are still sending their images to Geograph but it will be somewhere around ten thousand people who live all over this country and in Ireland too.
In recent months, I have been impressed by fox pictures taken by a contributor called Peter Trimming. He has gathered them in West Brompton Cemetery, London. It is bang next to Stamford Bridge - the home ground of Chelsea F.C. and about a mile from where my son lives - along Lillie Road past North End Road to Fulham.
In the past, Shirley and I have explored West Brompton Cemetery. It is where the women's suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst is buried. Go here. During our visit, we saw squirrels and pigeons but we did not spot any foxes. They may have smelled us coming.
However, Peter Trimming has had much better luck and below I have picked just six of his magical fox pictures to share with you...
And finally, using my Google detective skills, I was able to track down a picture of the old fox himself - the man responsible for these images. Let us applaud Peter Trimming. Such patience, such technical skill and such affection for urban foxes...
Well snapped, Peter, some stunning fox images. You must spend an awful lot of time hanging around the cemetery.... the dead end of town.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! Foxes are such beautiful animals.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of these lovely foxes. I am an animal and nature lover. Thank you so much for sharing, and warm greetings from Montreal, Canada. Oh, and green is my favourite colour, like your blog background.
ReplyDeleteI do love foxes. They are the perfect blend of cat and dog, and they are not big enough to terrify. Beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. Thanks for sharing them with us, Neil!
ReplyDeleteFoxes are elusive critters to spot. Cute, though, when you do.
ReplyDeleteMr Trimming is indeed talented and, I suspect, very patient. Wonderful photos.
ReplyDeleteI like the six photos you have chosen.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos!
ReplyDeleteVery nice fox photos. I have only ever seen one fox, it was running through the grounds here where I live and I have never seen it again.
ReplyDeleteThese are great! Thank you for sharing them - you know how much I love foxes. The silhouette one is probably my favourite of this selection.
ReplyDeleteWell done, Peter Trimming. He and our blogging friend Steve could team up; Steve providing footage from his wildlife camera in the garden, and Peter taking portraits to identify each individual fox.
They are indeed excellent photos. Steve should get busy with a night camera in his backyard.
ReplyDeletel also love foxes, they are a much maligned creature and there shouldn't be too many live chickens in London for them to terrorise. The fox is learning to become urbanised and feast on our food leftovers.
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