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Sandy Seal 2023 kicked off with biting some sand. As a powdered seal fills my frame, I realize that this animal was apparently at the back of the line when paws, ears and tails were handed out. It looks like some sort of hairy larva, decorated with these huge eyes […]

Bye 2023, Hello 2024!



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Don’t you have enough fox pictures yet?‘ A question I get asked regularly. And my answer is always the same: ‘Not by a long shot!’ Those photos are just a great excuse to stalk these fantastic animals for over ten years. And no, I can’t get enough. In fact, every […]

Sixty Four Foxy Faces





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Roeselien Raimond, a Dutch nature photographer who takes especially warm and beautiful pictures of wild red foxes, shared some exclusive new winter fox photos with Bored Panda and talked to us about her work. Raimond (whom we’ve written about and spoken with before here) said that snow can be rare […]

37. 50 Shades Of White With A Touch Of Red: ...



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I’ve always loved the saying: ‘If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.’ Because nothing can argue with that, can it? Elaborating on this idea, one could argue, that if it walks like a goose and it talks like a goose…it […]

29. If it Walks like a Goose and it Talks ...


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Some time ago someone asked me: “How on earth do you write complete stories about…NOTHING?!” Well…erhm…lots of fantasy I guess… That’s to say: usually. But not today. Today I intended to write about autumn. But what can I write…?! You shouldn’t talk about autumn. Autumn should be done. Autumn should […]

28. Autumn Reflections


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Foxes yawn. So do we. So what? And yet, yawning is quite luxury thing. Being scared, cold or thirsty isn’t a good starting point for a decent yawn. Yawning basically requires a really safe environment and a full stomach, to begin with. Like most animals, foxes prefer being lazy and […]

26. Fox Yawns



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I bet most fellow nature photographers assumed – just like I did- tree frogs to be hugely enterprising, energetic and cheerful creatures. Skilfully hopping from blackberry to blackberry, climbing in trees like professional circus artists, swinging on stalks, as if they were climbing frames and sliding along thick blades like […]

25. The Great Green Yawn


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Foxes don’t seem to swim an awful lot, but suspiciously often I see them standing along the waterfront. So the question is….what are they doing there? Of course they might just be thirsty and by lack of a tap,they use channels, lakes or ditches to satisfy their needs. And on […]

24. Fox Reflections: What does the Fox See?


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Foxes don’t seem to swim an awful lot, but suspiciously often I see them standing along the waterfront. So the question is….what are they doing there? Of course they might just be thirsty and by lack of a tap,they use channels, lakes or ditches to satisfy their needs. And on […]

24. Fox Reflections: What does the Fox See?