Wildlife of Accrington

Ber999T · 20-07-2005, 01:50

Hi all

Just as I was driving back to base this morning I spotted a young Fox crossing Manchester Rd near to Broad Oak Rd. Cute looking as it was I got to thinking about the "plots" in the area and wondering if anyone was keeping hens etc, if there is anyone with live stock please be warned of the Fox in this area.

cashman · 20-07-2005, 09:06

saw one at the top end of fielding lane just before the shoulder of mutton a couple of weeks ago.

janet · 20-07-2005, 09:38

Don't let Staggeringman know, he will be out with the hounds. lol

garinda · 20-07-2005, 10:43

From my bedroom window l occasionally see Mr Fox trying to get across to the lttle island, to see how the little birds are doing in their nests.

Sometimes it happens in the middle of the night, and l'm sure Pendy will back me up that it is better than an alarm call. Not when she is in Bloomsbury, it's not that much of a din, but when she is up here.

There were many more foxes when l lived in South London, than l have ever seen up here. The place behind my hedge was a veritable killing field. l could have filled a duvet with the amount of feathers l had to sweep up.

The strangest thing l ever saw, was undrawing my sitting room curtains one morning and on the windowsill sat the mankiest, oldest, greyest fox l had ever seen. Eyeball to eyeball we looked at one another. Me tapping on the glass had no effect, normally the inner city foxes weren't shy but did keep out of your way. This one just stared at me.

I would like to say that when l came home from work and found it dead on the window sill, it resulted in me now being the the owner of a silver fox hat. Infact l just binned the little creature.

Tinkerbelle · 20-07-2005, 11:10

I regularly spot a few foxes up were I live too due to the pens down the track. Some of them are cheeky little buggers too! Last one I saw was when I was seeing Slinks to the door at 4am in the morning after a beer session, it stood there watching me for ages, I thought about inviting it in for a beer seen as it was only early

Though it never got into the hutch I think it was a fox that petrified my rabbit and guinea pig to death, they died within 2 days of each other and I can't think of any other reason why when neither of them was ill.

staggeringman · 20-07-2005, 11:32

give us a shout the next time you see one!you want to see the carnage these little pests leave behind on an allotment full of hens?

garinda · 20-07-2005, 12:44

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Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

I regularly spot a few foxes up were I live too due to the pens down the track. Some of them are cheeky little buggers too! Last one I saw was when I was seeing Slinks to the door at 4am in the morning after a beer session, it stood there watching me for ages, I thought about inviting it in for a beer seen as it was only early

Though it never got into the hutch I think it was a fox that petrified my rabbit and guinea pig to death, they died within 2 days of each other and I can't think of any other reason why when neither of them was ill.

4am in the morning? Waving Slinky off after a 'few' beers?

Are you sure it was a fox, and not a lickle baby pink elephant????

Debbie J · 20-07-2005, 13:34

We believe a fox killed what looked to be a cygnet the other week & either it or Jimmi's cat left it on our front lawn! The funniest fox story happened in Bacup, it was four in the morning when my other half went to borrow his mums car, She sometimes leaves her german shepherd on the yard so the other half was calling her & getting no response which he thought was strange on closer inspection he discovered it was a fox which refused to move even when he started he had to almost run it over before it moved & if looks could kill he would have been dead.

pendy · 21-07-2005, 15:16

Garinda is right, there are more foxes in London than you can shake a stick at. I had one that lived under the shed next door in my old garden in South London. It used to pop into the garden sometimes, only problem was, it used to sit in my window boxes, digging up the crocus bulbs. There's a whole colony of them living under the old prefab offices at St George's Hospital. They usually don't bother anybody, there are too many rich pickings in dustbin bags and litter bins. Most people blame cats for black bags being ripped open, but surprisingly often it is foxes helping themselves to your leftovers.