Michael Moynihan: 'My' fox is a reminder that the environment starts at my own front door

Cork's flourishing urban wildlife reminds us that, rather than being some exotic elsewhere, biodiversity is part of all our lives

In Cork, as elsewhere, householders are delighted to see wild visitors from birds to foxes and hedgehogs. Picture: iStock

It happened before WhatsApp was invented, so the initial contact was a text which pinged loudly on my old Nokia. COME TO THE DOOR AND OPEN IT V QUIETLY.

Though it was after 11pm, I complied (it was before Netflix as well, what else was happening?).