Fox in city center

harr

Would it be unusual to see fox's in the heart of Dublin ? I know the city center is a ghost town currently but I was watching the earth cam of temple bar and a fox just casually walks by the temple bar pub...I know they are frequent enough in the suburbs.

harr

harr wrote: »

Would it be unusual to see fox's in the heart of Dublin ? I know the city center is a ghost town currently but I was watching the earth cam of temple bar and a fox just casually walks by the temple bar pub...I know they are frequent enough in the suburbs.

Nope, they are around Dublin 1 all the time

NapoleonInRags

Christmas 12 months ago I was waiting for a bus on Cathal Brugha street at about 11.00pm on a busy Friday and a fox literally brushed past my legs, and sauntered down Marlborough street. Mind you I've never experienced a fox in town before but I'd say it's common enough in 'normal' times. At the moment they have free reign - but slim pickings.

Stark

I used to see them on occasion in the underground carpark in Heuston South Quarter when things were quiet. They're pretty good at being stealthy so usually you'd just get a glimpse of one darting out from behind a rubbish bin or whatever.

SnowyMuckish

No urban foxes are very common. I’m guessing because everything is so quiet they’re becoming more confident. Beautiful creatures, so mysterious!

killbillvol2

I'm 10 minutes walk from town and have often seen a fox late at night. They just look at you and carry on. They must love this!

Pawwed Rig

Saw one in Dublin 1 a few weeks ago on the way to Tolka Park from City Centre. They are pretty common around the place. I run early morning and will usually see foxes. Saw 2 together in St Anne's Park this morning.

Alun

killbillvol2 wrote: »

I'm 10 minutes walk from town and have often seen a fox late at night. They just look at you and carry on. They must love this!

There's probably not a lot of food around for them at the moment though.

I wonder what the fox population of Dublin is at currently - I live in the suburbs and often go out walking at night, it wouldn’t be uncommon to see four or five foxes within an hour or two, there seems to be loads!

dinky earnshaw

I've seen them on Chapel st and Parnell st.

fryup

saw one outside St James Hospital

Collie D

Have seen a few around the city. Had one visit the front garden most mornings when I lived in Glasnevin.

Most bizarre one was one strolling along the pavement on Gardiner Street without a care in the world as if he owned the place.

It would probably be more surprising there aren’t more urban foxes - plentiful food source and less chance of having heads blown off after eating some farmer’s chickens.

Beautiful animals. Love seeing them.

a148pro

Good few in dublin 8. Usually I'm coming home drunk when I see them but the other night me and the 7 year old went for a walk. At start I offered him a fox hunt in the tenters or a walk along the canal. He chose canal but we then ended up seeing what looked like a family of foxes leaving for the night, down in front of the self storage factory. There was at least two and I think four (not sure if I saw two sets of two or just the same two twice). the second one was definitely smaller than the lead one. It looked like he / she was teaching the second one. More a juvenile than a cub.

We've been back a few times at a similar time but haven't seen them again yet.

Billy Mays

Plenty of them where I am in Dublin 7

Saw one a few years ago on Westland Row at about 8.30am on a weekday, trotting along in the middle of rush hour traffic

Joe_ Public

This little feller pops round regular for a mooch around. Sleeps out the back all day. Happy to have him around.

a148pro

Gorgeous. Have you seen him sleeping or do you just see him coming out? Do they smell by the way, my father said his neighbors as a kid had a pet fox and it stank

Joe_ Public

a148pro wrote: »

Gorgeous. Have you seen him sleeping or do you just see him coming out? Do they smell by the way, my father said his neighbors as a kid had a pet fox and it stank

Yeah, most days out the back, it gets the afternoon sun and lawn tends to be nice & tall so may be why it suits him. Not sure what eyesight is like cos i can get quite close, maybe 10 feet or so, but any closer and he skidaddles fair quick. Never got close enough for a proper sniff!

JustAThought

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Yeah, most days out the back, it gets the afternoon sun and lawn tends to be nice & tall so may be why it suits him. Not sure what eyesight is like cos i can get quite close, maybe 10 feet or so, but any closer and he skidaddles fair quick. Never got close enough for a proper sniff!

Beautiful garden!! And foxy looking fox!

I have seen one waiting for a bus near O’Connell St. BeaUtiful creatures. My heart was in my mouth that it would get knocked down or some toerag would scare it into the traffic on purpose. Live and let live.

Sleeper12

Saw a photo during the week of a fox at the hapeny Bridge in the wee hours. I'm still trying to figure out where abouts it could live during the day!

pablo128

25 years ago coming out of the raves in town and you would occasionally see the odd fox mooching around the lanes.

Sleeper12

This photo amazes me

amadangomor

Strangest Fox experience I had was when I was walking along the canal at Drumcondra in twilight and saw what I thought was a dog approaching me.

I called him over as I would a dog and he came close and circled me in a inquisitive fashion . Then I realised it was a fox. Obviously used to people.

As a country boy was strange as you would only see foxes briefly and they gave people a huge wide berth.

Victor

I've seen them around Drimnagh, Rathmines and Donnybrook.

Apparently some live in the Iveagh Gardens and Trinity.

Victor

See last photo here: https://twitter.com/DubCityCouncil/status/1250413543645761536 I think it's North Circular Road.

dodderangler

I recently had an online argument with a lady telling me to not hunt foxes because theres only 2500 left in the wild in the world because Google said so
I reckon half of that number is in Dublin city now

Sleeper12

dodderangler wrote:

I recently had an online argument with a lady telling me to not hunt foxes because theres only 2500 left in the wild in the world because Google said so I reckon half of that number is in Dublin city now

There must be that many as road kill each year alone.

John_Rambo

The Red Fox has been in the cities and towns before and during the development of them since viking times. They've always been part of the eco system scavenging, feeding, breeding and making their lives amongst us.

I'd imagine the city and urban foxes are suffering from the loss of food from restaurants, fast-food joints, eateries & the general waste left on streets from apple-buts to overflowing industrial bins that occupy our back lanes and staff entrances in the cities.

One can only hope the struggling rats that survive on the same food sources are feeding the predatory wildlife in the cities. My city (Dublin) hosts a huge variety of predatory wildlife, owls, hawks, falcons, stoats etc... that rely on human activities to directly or indirectly support their lives so it's interesting times for the urban indigenous mammals in the cities and towns.

dodderangler

dodderangler wrote: »

I recently had an online argument with a lady telling me to not hunt foxes because theres only 2500 left in the wild in the world because Google said so
I reckon half of that number is in Dublin city now

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it was even in excess of that number just in Dublin.
I live in the suburbs and often go out for a walk late when I’ve trouble sleeping - wouldn’t be unusual at all for me to see 4 or 5 in the space of an hour, sometimes more

Joe_ Public

Is it maybe drawing a distinction between urban foxes and foxes in the wild? No idea really but figure seems scarcely credibly low regardless.

feargale

Years ago, driving on a narrow country road in Tipperary in pitch dark in the middle of the night I turned a bend to see a rabbit running towards my car pursued by a fox about two or three metres behind. The rabbit ran into the car, or vice versa with fatal consequences. The fox turned tail and vamoosed.