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Being in the right place at the right time can be more important than long hours,

Join Mark Johnson for an evening in nature, as he captures the beauty of foxes bathed in evening sun

Unfairly maligned as a sneaky troublemaker, the quicksilver ferret is a characterful, curious and highly intelligent creature–with fascinating regal and cultural trappings to boot, writes Octavia Pollock