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- Fareham, Hampshire UK
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We live very near the centre of Fareham but have a lot of wildlife visiting the garden, foxes and badgers regularly come in and we've even had a deer that happily cleared a 6 foot fence to get in. We currently have two young female foxes in residence - underneath the concrete floor of my workshop .. we have a good pond (no fish .. just wild with lots of marginals and Loostrife - we only top it up with rainwater and in this heatwave the level is dropping daily. We have a trailcam and we noticed that the water in the pond is getting a bit difficult to access for the young foxes so we put a bowl of water out ... it was like the last water in the Serengeti last night ! Never seen so many foxes coming for a drink. We don't feed them although we know a lot of people who do - they all look pretty healthy and well fed but clearly appreciating some water.
If you have wildlife in your urban gardens could I suggest you make sure there is some water available in this hot weather~ the wildlife that visits will appreciate the water in this heat.
If you have wildlife in your urban gardens could I suggest you make sure there is some water available in this hot weather~ the wildlife that visits will appreciate the water in this heat.