By this time in 2025 I had recorded 69 dead foxes on Bristol roads.
I have just recorded the 44th fox death this year.
So fox deaths are falling? No. People are still not bothering to report dead foxes and there were different factors in last6 year's high total.
Last year's fox count included the Blaise Castle dog attack and some illnesses.
This year's seem more car related so it works out more if we get rid of "natural causes". The one thing that is guaranteed is that Friday-Sunday night the kill rate rises. Even in "quiet little roads" with bends and turns that mean the drivers would not be able to stop in time if they saw a dog walker crossing the road.
During daylight on Ashton Drive I have observed not one or two but up to four drivers at a time speed as family groups or couples are crossing the road. No attempt to slow down. At night the sound of speeding cars and screeching brakes are clearly heard (foxes have been killed). The problem is that this road once had speed bumps along its full length but the council removed them and said it would be too expensive to replace them. Long winding track is perfect for speeder 'fun'.
We KNOW the danger points for wildlife on Bristol roads but neither the Labour or the Green party run council could care less.
Last year we had a high number of pregnant vixens killed and when you start having a breeding population wiped out it means fewer foxes and I think that we have hit that point in Bristol. The population is dropping drastically on a national level and the same can be said locally.
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