Videos of Birds, Badgers and Foxes

	I have managed to get some more video of the unipod blackbird and this shows that he does have a second leg but it appears to be malformed or withered.  This is clearer towards the end of the video.  Notice how he uses his wings to help balance.
	This short video shows one of our Blackbirds feeding on the ground.  It has lost a leg but is managing very well.  It uses its wings to help balance. A few days ago, I watched it eating some berries from the hawthorn tree.  It ate two and then, as it flew away, it snatched another "en-passant" and landed on a twig to eat it.  It was an amazing piece of precision flying!
	This video shows two foxes and two badgers on the patio at the same time.  The foxes were the pair that recently had cubs.  One has already been killed on the lane.  One, the vixen, left very soon after the second badger arrived.  She must have heard the third one approaching as it arrived almost as soon as she had gone. (138k and 8 seconds)
	This piece of video shows the two of the foxes with one the badgers. (211k and 11 seconds)
	Now we have had four badgers at the same time as a fox!  The round, black things that the fox is gathering up are...dried prunes!  I found a bag of them in the cupboard and they were a long time past their best!  I thought that the badgers, who are supposed to have a sweet tooth, might like them.  I watched one pick one up, have a bit of a chew and then spit it out again.  I have a video of that, too! (369k and 11 seconds)
	And here it is.  You will see the badger have quite a good old chew on it before he spits it out. (174k and 7 seconds)
	A video of three badgers and a fox that visited us on 11th June at 10.45pm.  Unfortunately, I missed the fox's entrance.  He came bounding onto the patio so as not to miss anything!  He gave the badgers a great deal of respect.  Normally, he would not dare to approach with three badgers. (It is larger than usual 320k and 16 seconds)
	This one shows five badgers all at once taken on Friday, 8th June.  Watch as one appears from behind another and then one takes a chicken leg-bone as a "trophy" and runs off to eat it in safety and comfort.  It is 174k and lasts for 10 seconds.
	This video shows four badgers all milling around on our patio.  It is 139k and lasts for six  seconds
	This video shows a badger eating Spaghetti Bolognese.  It is 159k and lasts for six seconds.
	Here is a badger eating some left-over baked beans.  Notice how its nose is very flexible and will bend upwards as she pushes her mouth down into the bowl. It is 420k and lasts for 20 seconds.
	This video is of two of the four above having an argument over the scraps in the feeding bowl.  It is 150k and lasts for almost eight seconds.
	This video shows a new fox arrived with an old badger friend.  It is 164k and lasts for seven seconds.
	This is one of our four foxes that visit.  She is known as 'Mummy Fox' as she is the mother of Samantha. The video is 159k and lasts for five seconds.
	This is a very young Samantha Fox.  This video shows the very first time that she took food from my hand.  It is 112k  and lasts for nine seconds.
	This is a fox that we called 'Chap'  We have only seen him twice but he is obviously used to being hand fed! The video is 237k and lasts for seven seconds.
	This is little Samantha Fox again.  This time, my Granddaughter, Robyn is feeding her.  She is with Chantal and Luke Woodhouse.  It is 123k and lasts for five seconds.
	These are the two foxes that visit regularly, at present.  Last night (23rd April, 2002) they both arrived at the same time.  The little dog fox has taken a bone from the bowl and his sister tries to grab it from him as he goes off to the lawn to eat it.  It is 190k and lasts 9 seconds.
	These are the four badgers that visited us on Tuesday, 23rd April, 2002.  It is 193k and lasts 13 seconds.
	Here is one of the adult badgers with a cub from 2003.  There are two cubs in the sett but the other one ran off before I had a chance to get any video.  The video shows the baby eating the peanut butter sandwiches.  These sandwiches are open ones with the peanut butter spread thinly on one side and each slice is cut into at least 36 small cubes.  Sometimes, the butter sticks to the roof of the badger's mouth and they try to dislodge it.  With the baby, it looked very dramatic and life-threatening.  Once it had dislodged it, the cub carried on scoffing and helped to clean up on the patio so it can't have caused too much distress.  Perhaps the reward was worth a little panic!  The video is 392k and lasts for 17 seconds.
	This is another still from a video that shows one of the cubs with two adults.  I have stopped the video where they are all in line abreast.  The video is 392k and lasts for 16 seconds.
	This shows both cubs side by side.  Unfortunately, there was no adult present last night to show the relative size difference.  The chairs give a fair idea of scale, though.  The video is 328k and lasts for 11 seconds.