The smooth dor beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius) can be seen trundling across the forest floor looking for animal dung. Here many specimens have found a fox scat. They break it up and bury pieces ,where they then lay eggs on it.
The Sika deer are often picturesque. There movements and expression create an image of wild movement,of nature and emotion. I love them and snap them often. They are always on the lookout for danger. This small group of hind are always watchful, for the predator is always lurking in the reed beds!
It is not the fox they are wary of. It is the possibility of leopard,lynx or puma. They check and re check, just to be sure.
The fox likes to sunbathe in the cool winter, there is small warmth from the sun at this time, but he laps it up none the less. He watches the deer watching him. He will wait for the cat to make the kill, then scavenge after, but he must be careful, for he could be dinner too.