The fox family

There are now seven foxes in the garden every night but getting them all in the same photo has so far proved impossible.  The best I have managed is six in one shot.  There are three cubs and the smallest of them is very naughty, rushing round pulling the tails of the bigger foxes and provoking its two sibling into fighting.  The others are the dog, the vixen and the vixen's two female cubs from last year.

Here is the vixen with a yearling on the left and a 2021 cub on the right.

When the dog charged in to join them the vixen rolled in submission, the cub scarpered and the yearling stood her ground and there was a bit of body-blocking.

Then the cub returned and they all settled down, although the yearling kept her back to the dog.

This is the same family group from a different camera position: clockwise from top left they are vixen, dog, cub and yearling.

This is the half-tail yearling with her three half siblings.

This is the dog with two cubs.

And on a different night with three cubs.

Here are the six in one shot.  The dog is bottom left, the two yearlings are bottom right with two cubs at the back and one on the driveway.  The vixen is the one not in the picture - she was here first that night and had already left.

In this one the three cubs are at the back.  You can see they don't keep still.

Here are all this year's and last year's cubs together.

And more of the three cubs.

This is the little one wanting to play.

The cubs have longer black socks than their parents.

In this photo from last night you can see one cub is certainly smaller than the other two.

And a brief video to show two of the cubs at play.

I'll keep trying for the seven fox shot but I am not optimistic.