dublin foxes

bazza888

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/fox-dubs-leave-den-for-the-first-time-2km-from-oconnell-street-2627887.html

Birdnuts

Most urban areas are now overrun with them - the only good thing is that they can be easily trapped;)

Tackleberrywho

bazza888 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/fox-dubs-leave-den-for-the-first-time-2km-from-oconnell-street-2627887.html

Breeding

Dave Wall, a zoologist with University College Dublin, said foxes were hugely adaptable.

In some densely populated areas of Dublin there are up to four or five fox families per square mile, he claimed.

"Food is readily available for foxes across Irish cities and people feed them.

"We often receive calls from four or five different people who are feeding the same fox in a suburban area. When they can't access food from the bins, foxes adapt and exist on insects and grass.

Is yer man seriously a Zoologist or has the reporter got to get his facts straight......

Foxes give up killing lambs, adapt and eat insects and grass.......
John Galway would love to read that

johngalway

This is what they eat in my neck of the woods, varies with the time of year naturally.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=62906

Tackleberrywho

johngalway wrote: »

This is what they eat in my neck of the woods, varies with the time of year naturally.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=62906

I think that link is faulty John

Phoenix Park

You see them around Harcourt street from time to time. Saw one on one of the little islands in st Stephens Green with his eye on a duck. Must have swam out presumably. Nice to see them round town the odd time.

Tackleberrywho

Phoenix Park wrote: »

You see them around Harcourt street from time to time. Saw one on one of the little islands in st Stephens Green with his eye on a duck. Must have swam out presumably. Nice to see them round town the odd time.

It shows that they are true scavengers and will eat anything if they are hungry, including newborn lambs, or sick Sheep

garv123

a she-fox? is he that much of a townie? :rolleyes:

mac80

They can be seen at Dublin Airport, right next to the Terminal building, they will let you walk up within 5-10ft and then they WALK off !
They are very tame and also very mangey looking...

dicky82

garv123 wrote: »

a she-fox? is he that much of a townie? :rolleyes:

if he was a real 'townie' he'd have called her a 'mot~fox'

Tackleberrywho

dicky82 wrote: »

if he was a real 'townie' he'd have called her a 'mot~fox'

Normally seen after coppers

Birdnuts

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Normally seen after coppers

or outside chippers in the early hours - those type are known as mingers!!:D;)

Spunk84

Has anyone here every looked at the contents of a dead fox stomach? I say it would be like a sharks with everything but reg plates:D might try it the fox I get LOL , have to get some plastic gloves though as my neoprene cammo gloves are ruined with fox stink after I picked one up:(after shooting it...

terminator2

Phoenix Park wrote: »

You see them around Harcourt street from time to time. Saw one on one of the little islands in st Stephens Green with his eye on a duck. Must have swam out presumably. Nice to see them round town the odd time.

its better to see them flattened on the motorway imo :D

johngalway

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I think that link is faulty John

Don't know, it works for me.

"F02 21/03/2007: Plastic, unknown vegetation, apple, rodent, beetles
F07 21/03/2007: Caterpillars, lizard, beetles, leatherjackets and vegetation
F09 01/03/2007: Calf nuts, rabbit and sheep, caterpillars, worms, beetles, seeds.
F11 17/04/07: Sheep
F12 17/04/07: Rabbit or hare, beetles, worms, maggots, leather jackets.
F13 23/04/07: Worms, beetles, pine needles
F14 28/04/07: Sheep, beetles
F15 07/05/07: Dragonfly (most of stomach eaten by birds)
F16 19/05/07: Sheep, beetle
F17 19/05/07: Mice and voles, leather jacket, beetles, ants
F21 20/06/07: Sheep
F24 27/06/07: Field mouse, leather jacket, beetle, coachman, lichen
F25 01/07/07: Carrion, beetles, maggots.
F27 04/04/07: Bird, vegetation, mouse, coachman
F28 11/07/07: Passiforme bird, beetles, vegetation
F29 13/07/07: Sheep carrion, maggots, vegetation, beetles, grasshopper
F39 23/07/07: Sheep carrion, beetles
F40 24/07/07: Sheep carrion, beetles
F41 31/07/07: roundworm, beetles, vegetation seeds
F47 12/08/07: Carrion, slugs, blowfly larvae, beetles, blackberry seeds
F48 13/08/07: Carrion, beetle carapace, blackberries
F49 13/08/07: Domestic cat, rat, crab, vegetation, beetle.
F58 14/10/07: Carrion, maggots, beetles, vegatation
F75 19/10/07: Beetles
F84 31/10/07: Empty
F85 31/10/07: Carrion
F101 11/11/07: Grass, caterpillars, leatherjackets, maggots, beetles.
F102 11/11/07: Beetles
F107 17/11/07: Chicken, apple, grasses"

bazza888

wasnt expecting to see crab on the list!

Spunk84

F24 leather Jacket ???
F40 Crab, was it down in howth for the day :eek:

Wow really good findings you got!

johngalway

Spunk84 wrote: »

F24 leather Jacket ???
F40 Crab, was it down in howth for the day :eek:

Wow really good findings you got!

I didn't open them up, just shot them

Leatherjacket is a beetle, the crab is there as I live by the sea. Foxes love the shore.

bunny shooter

domestic cat ................ they're not all bad so

Half-cocked

I live by the sea in Dublin and the area is crawling with foxes. At night we see them heading down to the seafront where they hunt rats (and probably crabs etc). Given the number of rats around, I'm more than happy to have the foxes and encourage them to visit our garden. We've watched them pouncing on rats through a cheapie IR camera. Regarding cats, even the biggest foxes don't bother them. It's quite funny to watch both species pretending the other isn't there. I assume a fox will eat young kittens, but an adult cat would be too much of a handful. I do think there is a need to control fox numbers in urban areas, if only for the foxes sake. Mange and other diseases spread like wildfire through such dense populations.

Birdnuts

johngalway wrote: »

Don't know, it works for me.

"F02 21/03/2007: Plastic, unknown vegetation, apple, rodent, beetles
F07 21/03/2007: Caterpillars, lizard, beetles, leatherjackets and vegetation
F09 01/03/2007: Calf nuts, rabbit and sheep, caterpillars, worms, beetles, seeds.
F11 17/04/07: Sheep
F12 17/04/07: Rabbit or hare, beetles, worms, maggots, leather jackets.
F13 23/04/07: Worms, beetles, pine needles
F14 28/04/07: Sheep, beetles
F15 07/05/07: Dragonfly (most of stomach eaten by birds)
F16 19/05/07: Sheep, beetle
F17 19/05/07: Mice and voles, leather jacket, beetles, ants
F21 20/06/07: Sheep
F24 27/06/07: Field mouse, leather jacket, beetle, coachman, lichen
F25 01/07/07: Carrion, beetles, maggots.
F27 04/04/07: Bird, vegetation, mouse, coachman
F28 11/07/07: Passiforme bird, beetles, vegetation
F29 13/07/07: Sheep carrion, maggots, vegetation, beetles, grasshopper
F39 23/07/07: Sheep carrion, beetles
F40 24/07/07: Sheep carrion, beetles
F41 31/07/07: roundworm, beetles, vegetation seeds
F47 12/08/07: Carrion, slugs, blowfly larvae, beetles, blackberry seeds
F48 13/08/07: Carrion, beetle carapace, blackberries
F49 13/08/07: Domestic cat, rat, crab, vegetation, beetle.
F58 14/10/07: Carrion, maggots, beetles, vegatation
F75 19/10/07: Beetles
F84 31/10/07: Empty
F85 31/10/07: Carrion
F101 11/11/07: Grass, caterpillars, leatherjackets, maggots, beetles.
F102 11/11/07: Beetles
F107 17/11/07: Chicken, apple, grasses"

Very impressive field/lab work JG - I know some people who got Phd's for less:eek:;)

bazza888

which university did the study jg?was that all the foxes they checked the gut content of or just a selection?

johngalway

First of all, it's not my work. I contributed all the foxes on that and there endeth my involvement. Other people contributed foxes as well, but not those examined above.

The Zoology department of NUIG were conducting a study into vectors (I think) of neosporosis (I think... :pac: ) in cattle.

Various animals were involved, some under license.

steddyeddy

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Breeding

Dave Wall, a zoologist with University College Dublin, said foxes were hugely adaptable.

In some densely populated areas of Dublin there are up to four or five fox families per square mile, he claimed.

"Food is readily available for foxes across Irish cities and people feed them.

"We often receive calls from four or five different people who are feeding the same fox in a suburban area. When they can't access food from the bins, foxes adapt and exist on insects and grass.

Is yer man seriously a Zoologist or has the reporter got to get his facts straight......

Foxes give up killing lambs, adapt and eat insects and grass.......
John Galway would love to read that

Foxes like humans are omnivores they eat protien and other organic compounds their not concerned with taxonomy.

steddyeddy

johngalway wrote: »

First of all, it's not my work. I contributed all the foxes on that and there endeth my involvement. Other people contributed foxes as well, but not those examined above.

The Zoology department of NUIG were conducting a study into vectors (I think) of neosporosis (I think... :pac: ) in cattle.

Various animals were involved, some under license.

Its good work though fair play