What noise does a Fox make? (1 Viewer)

Euan Buchan · Nov 22, 2004

Last night I couldn't sleep kept tossing & turning until I heard this noise sounded like some sort of animal it wasn't a dog or cat it sounded like arf arf arf I had no idea what it was so could it of been a fox? :eek!: it's not the 1st time Ive heard it

Ruby · Nov 22, 2004

Hi Euan,

The normal fox noise that we hear around these parts is a sort of screaming bark - very spooky if it happens close to you.

Have to say that we tend to hear it most during the Spring/Summer months - may be due to the breeding season, or maybe that we're more likely to be sleeping with the windows open!!

Not sure if they may have a range of different calls.

All the best... Ruby

very boring banned member · Nov 22, 2004

Ruby said:
The normal fox noise that we hear around these parts is a sort of screaming bark - very spooky if it happens close to you.

Exactly.

Ruby said:
Have to say that we tend to hear it most during the Spring/Summer months

Same voice can be heard any time a year.

Ruby said:
Not sure if they may have a range of different calls.

I have heard the same thing from Barents coast to Mediterranean islands.

David FG · Nov 22, 2004

I believe that 'spooky' sound is the vixen - dog foxes do indeed bark.

SimonC · Nov 22, 2004

Well according to a character in the 'Please sir' film (whose name I can't remember) the noise a fox makes is "BARK BARK" while a baby fox goes "bark bark"

Nightranger · Nov 22, 2004

David FG said:
I believe that 'spooky' sound is the vixen - dog foxes do indeed bark.

Yes indeed, the vixens sound almost like a scream whilst dog foxes bark albeit not particularly loudly. "Arf arf" could be an adult badger or fox contact calling. Juvenile badgers and adults in play have a sound that is described as "whickering", which is a cross between a squeak and a snarl.

Ian

deboo · Nov 22, 2004

SimonC said:
Well according to a character in the 'Please sir' film (whose name I can't remember) the noise a fox makes is "BARK BARK" while a baby fox goes "bark bark"

that was dennis the soft,dreamy country boy...played by?

jay

SimonC · Nov 22, 2004

j lowe said:
that was dennis the soft,dreamy country boy...played by?

jay

Peter Denyer?

David FG · Nov 22, 2004

That's him - God I feel old now!

saluki · Nov 22, 2004

Euan Buchan said:
Last night I couldn't sleep kept tossing & turning until I heard this noise sounded like some sort of animal it wasn't a dog or cat it sounded like arf arf arf I had no idea what it was so could it of been a fox? :eek!: it's not the 1st time Ive heard it

Check out the Roe Deer on here Euwan:

http://www.deer-uk.com/deer_Sounds.htm

saluki

John Marshall · Nov 22, 2004

Sounds like a old vixen to me.

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