Autumn’s red lone rangers

Autumn’s red lone rangers

From hedgerows to high streets, young foxes are on the move this month says Jane Adams. They’re restless, reckless and alone. The UK’s only native fox is the red fox, vulpes vulpes. It is the top of the woodland food chain, with a diet of everything from birds and beetles to rabbits and rats grows sharp, young foxes grow restless. The cubs who spent carefree summer days playing, sleeping and eating are now almost fully grown: with the first fros…