Couple find fox cub in bathroom

For whatever reason, this fox cub managed to end up inside Alan and Carol Heard's bathroom at six o'clock in the morning.

Mrs Heard was in bed when she heard scratching and went to investigate, thinking her cats were having one of their regular squabbles.

Instead, she found Basil Brush Junior perched on the window ledge staring at her.


Mrs Heard had the presence of mind to take a picture of the intruder, which probably got in through the cat flap, before calling for her husband.

Mr Heard, 72, scooped up the cub in his arms and took it out to the garden where it disappeared into the undergrowth.

Before it departed, however, it took a last backwards glance. 'It was as if he was saying goodbye', said Mrs Heard.