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A couple of days ago a bunch of what looked like pigeon wing feathers appeared at the bottom of the back lawn, presumably discarded from some fox's supper. This morning, the feathers were still there and a rather small and ill looking fox was sitting beside them, picking for fleas. And next to the fox, maybe six feet away or so, were a couple of magpies, magpies which looked quite unconcerned by the presence of the fox which, one might have thought, would stand a pretty good chance of grabbing one. Can't see a cat missing at that range. So were the magpies just lucky, do they know something about the fox that I don't, do foxes not like magpies (for breakfast anyway) or am I wrong about their grabbing speed?

On this occasion, both fox and the magpies retired from the scene without there having been any action.

PS: dwarf white cyclamen coming out down the bottom of the garden. Quite a good spread now from the giant mother corm, six inches or more across.