Encounter
I took a walk today starting in the nearby town of Melton Mowbray, proudly known as Britain's "Rural Capital of Food" particularly famous for it's pork pies and stilton cheese.
I followed part of the Jubilee Way through the country park and along a disused railway track north to the beautiful village of Scalford.
It was just outside of the village that I startled this young Fox who ran away at great speed, then stopped awhile to look at me, before darting off again the moment I raised my camera.
This is a photo shot at full zoom.
It's not a common sight to see them in the daytime out in the fields but many are more commonly spotted in the suburbs from dusk onwards. Some have even become quite tame and will interact with humans to some extent.
On the return trip I followed the course of the river Eye, as the railway route had been hard going as it was so overgrown, beautifully so, with a profusion of Wild Geranium, Knapweed, Yarrow and Willowherb, also nettles and brambles!
Predictably, I had to cross through a large field with an equally large herd of Cows, including some who thought it'd be good sport to charge towards me the moment my back was turned.
Fortunately, I'm an old cowboy who knows their ways and how to encourage them to back off and give me safe passage.
Encounter
I took a walk today starting in the nearby town of Melton Mowbray, proudly known as Britain's "Rural Capital of Food" particularly famous for it's pork pies and stilton cheese.
I followed part of the Jubilee Way through the country park and along a disused railway track north to the beautiful village of Scalford.
It was just outside of the village that I startled this young Fox who ran away at great speed, then stopped awhile to look at me, before darting off again the moment I raised my camera.
This is a photo shot at full zoom.
It's not a common sight to see them in the daytime out in the fields but many are more commonly spotted in the suburbs from dusk onwards. Some have even become quite tame and will interact with humans to some extent.
On the return trip I followed the course of the river Eye, as the railway route had been hard going as it was so overgrown, beautifully so, with a profusion of Wild Geranium, Knapweed, Yarrow and Willowherb, also nettles and brambles!
Predictably, I had to cross through a large field with an equally large herd of Cows, including some who thought it'd be good sport to charge towards me the moment my back was turned.
Fortunately, I'm an old cowboy who knows their ways and how to encourage them to back off and give me safe passage.