Glasgow’s Urban Foxes
Photographing Urban Foxes. Viewed by some as pests and some as welcome visitors, foxes inspire a range of feelings as our habitats overlap. There are some which are docile almost to the point of domestication, and some which are more skittish as befits their wild status.
I have enjoyed watching foxes for years. It was a family of foxes living underneath my old office that inspired me to take up a camera. Photographing them is tremendous practice and, over time, a chance to develop an understanding of their personalities.
Bishopbrriggs, East Dunbartonshire. This is Charlie (named by local builders). An inquisitive soul.
Charlie Fox, Bishopbriggs.
From over the wall - this fox lives beside the railway track near my house in the South Side of Glasgow.
South Side Pensive. I was up a tree and staying very still as this fox wandered to and fro along the railway lines.
South Side Snow.
One of the parents of this year's litter. Extraordinarily Vigilant and will not stick around once my presence is detected.
Vigilant at Golden Hour.
The transition between winter coat and summer coat can resemble mange.
Wild Eyes.
Stalking. After the birth of the cubs, the mother stalked the railway line for hours on end, bringing back food for the young ones which bounded excitedly with every return.
One of this year's cubs. She lives directly opposite my house, is a late riser, and still waits on her mother late into the year.
Snoozing in the early spring. The coat is looking its worst here as the winter coat is in the process of being shed.
A playful juvenile on the train tracks.
She is always jumpy and, sensing my presence on the wind, will always head off in the other direction.
Practising the stalk.