Spotted a fox on your town's streets? Let the urban fox survey know

Link below — red foxes are a prime example of a species learning to adapt to these rapidly changing environments. The study will focus on Cork, Dublin, Belfast, Limerick, Derry, Galway, and Waterford

Urban fox. Picture: Jamie Hall / National Biodiversity Data Centre

Around now, vixens are giving birth to cub foxes which should be fully weaned and ready to head off into the world at large after about 12 weeks.

Many will yet be seen in towns and cities, following well-trodden paths of their ancestors in the search for food and shelter.