Up Close with Urban Fox Cubs - Garden Wildlife Photography

Capturing Urban Fox Cubs

• 🦊 The video documents an urban fox family, specifically three playful cubs, being photographed and filmed in a friend's garden.
• 📸 The photographer used a Sony A1 with a 70-200mm lens, positioning the camera through a small hole in a fence for an intimate perspective.
• 💡 This project highlights the magic of observing wildlife up close even within residential, built-up areas.

Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden

• 🌱 The speaker previously attracted foxes by providing oily fish like sardines or mackerel and using LED lighting to habituate them to a specific feeding spot.
• 🏡 The friend's garden, where the cubs were filmed, is intentionally designed to be wildlife-friendly with diverse plants and shrubs, attracting various species.
• 🛠️ Simple modifications, such as cutting a slot in a fence, can allow foxes access to food sources in urban gardens.

The Reality of Foxes in the UK

• ⚠️ Despite being a protected species, foxes in the UK continue to face illegal hunting, trapping, and persecution.
• 💔 The speaker emphasizes that foxes are complex, social animals and survivors, not pests or villains, deserving respect and a place in the ecosystem.
• 📣 The video aims to raise awareness about the challenges foxes face and their importance as wild neighbors.

Wildlife Photography Insights

• 🧠 The speaker previously conducted a successful project using camera traps and gradually increased lighting to photograph foxes at night.
• 🤝 The opportunity to film the cubs came from a friend, Luke, who uses a CCTV camera to monitor a fox den in his garden.
• 👏 The experience demonstrates how urban environments can offer incredible wildlife photography opportunities with the right approach and patience.

Upcoming Wildlife Expeditions

• 🌍 The speaker plans future trips to Spain to photograph golden eagles, vultures, hoopoe, little owls, and bee-eaters with Apex Adventures.
• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Another expedition to Scotland and the Isle of Mull is scheduled to capture white-tailed eagles, golden eagles, and otters.
• 🦉 An update is also expected on a Tawny owl box project in the speaker's own wildlife area, where a female owl is believed to be sitting on eggs.