Fox and badger snapped nose to nose in back garden

An amateur photographer from Derbyshire has captured the "amazing" moment a fox and a badger went nose to nose in his back garden.

Leigh Pugh, 54, managed to snap the friendly pair at his home in Matlock by setting up cameras with remote triggers that go off through the night when something enters his garden.

Mr Pugh said he had seen foxes and badgers feed close together before but "never like that".

After realising what he had snapped on Wednesday evening, Mr Pugh said: "I was really chuffed with them and it was one of them moments I never thought I'd ever capture."

He added: "It was something I will never repeat again. It was amazing to see it."

Mr Pugh, who has a passion for bird photography, decided to set up the cameras after being "mesmerised" when two fox cubs entered his garden three years ago.

Since then, Mr Pugh has placed cameras on tripods while "hoping for the best" to photograph the wildlife sneaking in while he sleeps.

He said the fox cubs had regularly come back to his house since he first saw them, with one of them being caught on camera feeding with the badger on Wednesday.

"I have decided to name them as they are quite recognisable," said Mr Pugh.

"The one without a scratch on his nose is called Echo and the one with the scratch is called Mischief.

"I am so stoked with the pictures."

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