McGresty

Four stations down the line is a town which has a common. The land termed commons is for the commoners as allowed by the aristocrats. That means anyone can walk, graze their cattle and in some cases live on a common. So it is possible that wild animals may be there and to that end I hoped to see and photograph some.

Once in location, the first thing I noticed were a lot of folk walking their dogs gods making a fair amount of noise, but not as bad as my first outing. There were a lot of trails and on some I was all alone, but no wildlife.

On the way however...

The nearby train station only had about 6 people on both platforms. A train was due in about ten minutes, so I quietly strolled the length of the platform I was on alone. Then I saw the fox. It stopped scratching itself and looked at me as I froze and reached into the bag for my camera.

This thing was quite mangy, patches of festered skin were visible on its right side, I doubt it will live much longer, the creature was in terrible shape. Several photo's were taken and the above one was the best.

 

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