Shooting Times & Country

Stalking Diary

“At fox dens discovered too late, I have witnessed an incredible array of species”

recent weeks, the dog fox in the high corries will have busied himself cleaning out earths that he feels are suitable for his partner to cub in. There is a pattern to such places that will tick boxes as to the requirements of their young. As her pregnancy advances,

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