The European red fox is now a common visitor to both rural and urban gardens, where they mainly scavenge for food. They are usually more of a nuisance than anything else, knocking over and chewing garden ornaments, but they do trample on plants, eat fruit and dig holes in the ground in their search for food. Their excrement and pungent urine can also be problematical.
Foxes mainly live solitary lives, apart from during the breeding season, so you are unlikely to have more than one visit your garden at any one time. They usually live for about three or four years.
Young fox cubs are born in spring in a den, which is usually dug in the ground or may be located under a building. They remain with their parents until the end of summer, when they then go off on their own.
Foxes have a very varied diet, which includes discarded human food, birds, small mammals, fruit and even earthworms and chafer grubs.