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Story summary
- A photographer captured a fox swimming among wildfowl at Blacktoft Sands Reserve in East Yorkshire.
- The fox has reared her cubs on an island in the tidal reedbed for two years.
- Pete Short, the reserve manager at Blacktoft Sands, notes foxes typically avoid water but can swim.
- The River Ouse south bank reserve hosts England's largest tidal reedbed, providing a secure habitat for cubs.
