I saw a fox in my garden yesterday evening. It was quite a surprise because it was still light (normally these beasties like wandering around in the dark don't they?) and it was really up close and personal because my garden is quite small. It's certainly the most close up I've ever seen a fox.

Must have been a young one because it was actually playing. It had got a small ball that must have been tossed over by the kids next door and was chomping at it, then it tossed a plant pot around for a short while, and then it rubbed its bum up and down my banana plant, ate some grass, and vomited on my lawn.

Finally it got bored with my garden, ran up the back of my shed and had a run around next doors garden for a bit, nosing in and out of his sheds. Eventually it got up on the back wall and disappeared off. All the while, a local moggy was sitting on a neighbours shed watching the fox very warily.

It just shows why you should always wash your hands after gardening though. I would never in a million years have guessed that a fox was rubbing its bum on my banana plant and being sick on my lawn. I may have merrily weeded there, then got some strange foxes bum disease and wondered "how the hell have I got Foxes Bum disease, I've never been near a foxes bum in my life!".

Might have to stake out the garden with a camera now to see if the fox is a regular.