Good evening Mr Fox

Or I suppose it might be Mrs Fox. The foxes come to the back door every night and have been arriving earlier and earlier as the days have got shorter - the first is now here by 6.30pm.  I had several family visitors recently and fortunately the foxes put on a good show for them.  Here are a few photos from this week.

I don't know whether the foxes are aware of me.  I expect not although they do sometimes seem to look right at the window, especially when the camera is focussing. 

They are fairly relaxed despite being so close to the house but remain very alert and are constantly looking round into the garden and the wood - probably on the lookout for other foxes.

The photography is challenging as the only illumination is a 60W bulb in a wall light.  It is so dark that the autofocus doesn't work unless I use live view.  The ISO is 12800 or 25600 and the shutter speed is 1/8s at f/2.8.  The photos are a bit soft but really not bad considering.  I have taken a few video clips but they all show a fox chewing peanuts.  Here is one example.  The fox seems to look right at the camera at the end of the clip.